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Richard Learner (–2000)

Author of Astronomy Through the Telescope: The 500 Year Story of the Instruments, the Inventors, and Their Discoveries

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Works by Richard Learner

Astronomy Through the Telescope: The 500 Year Story of the Instruments, the Inventors, and Their Discoveries (1981) 25 copies

Die Geschichte der Astronomie und die Entwicklung des Teleskops seit Galilei (1995) 3 copies

Sterrekunde door de telescoop (1984) 2 copies

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Date of death: 2000-12
Gender: male
Occupations: Academic (Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine)
Organizations: Royal Astronomical Society (Fellow)
Awards and honors: Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1991 | for work with disabled)

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Works: 3
Members: 30
Popularity: #449,942
Rating: ½ 4.5

ISBNs: 4
Languages: 2

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