Astronomer and philosopher Sir John Herschel (1792 1871), the son
of William and the nephew of Caroline, published his 1833 Treatise
on Astronomy in the 'Cabinet Cyclopaedia' series of which the first
volume had been his enormously successful Preliminary Discourse on
the Study of Natural Philosophy. He is regarded as the founder of
the philosophy of science, and made contributions in many fields
including mathematics, the newly discovered process of photography,
and the botany of southern Africa, which he studied while making
astronomical observations of the southern hemisphere, and where he
was visited by Darwin and Fitzroy on the Beagle voyage. It was
however as the natural successor to his father's astronomical
studies that he is best remembered, and this book, which is written
for the interested lay person, places strong emphasis on the
importance of accurate observation and on avoiding preconceptions
or hypotheses not based on such observation.
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