
Before William Huggins, the universe was unknowable. The stars were magnificent but chemically silent, their composition a profound and impenetrable mystery. This definitive biography chronicles the life of Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), the ambitious amateur scientist...

Before William Huggins, the universe was unknowable. The stars were magnificent but chemically silent, their composition a profound and impenetrable mystery. This definitive biography chronicles the life of Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), the ambitious amateur scientist...