Podcast William and Caroline Herschel

[scarp15]

'In Our Time', this morning Radio 4, featured an interesting discussion on William and Caroline Herschel. This is repeated tonight at 9.30pm or this podcast is now available to download.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011c4p

Edited November 11, 2021 by scarp15

[Pompey Monkey]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[Paul73]

Thanks. Sounds interesting.

Paul

[gazza25]

Sounds good thank you

[lukebl]

I listened to this programme and it got me thinking. With the appalling British climate, how on earth did the great British astronomers and scientists of the Georgian and Victorian periods manage to make such significant advances in astronomy?

Imagine how much more they might have achieved if we had decent weather!

[Pixies]

The missus sent me a link to this earlier! I am slowly converting her......

[UKDiver]

3 hours ago, lukebl said:

I listened to this programme and it got me thinking. With the appalling British climate, how on earth did the great British astronomers and scientists of the Georgian and Victorian periods manage to make such significant advances in astronomy?

Imagine how much more they might have achieved if we had decent weather!

Maybe they did have regular good weather. I've no idea what they recorded in logs. I sort of hope that the recent increases in moisture in the atmosphere are more recent.

Just downloaded for the walk to work.

[UKDiver]

13 minutes ago, Pixies said:

The missus sent me a link to this earlier! I am slowly converting her......

Mine has shown a little more interest after finding this lady in her ancestry.

[savcom]

It was well worth while listening to.  Very interesting.

For those who missed it, it's on BBC Sounds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011c4p

 

[City9Town0]

Had a visit to the 'Herschel Museum' in Bath a few years ago... My wife thought it 'pricey' for a small museum.

I really enjoyed it; however I did feel that it would be more interesting for someone with some prior knowledge of the family and their contribution to science than for someone coming in 'cold'.