| 词条 | Emily Winterburn |
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| name = Emily Winterburn | alma_mater = University of Manchester Imperial College London | notableworks = The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel (2017) The Stargazer's Guide The Astronomer's Royal }} Emily Winterburn is a British writer, physicist and historian of science based in Yorkshire. She is a visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. She wrote the book The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel, published by The History Press in 2017. Early life and educationWinterburn studied physics at the University of Manchester. She remained there to complete a Masters in the History of Science, focussing on Ernest Rutherford and the Manchester physics department between 1907 and 1919.[1] CareerWinterburn joined the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, as a curator looking after astrophysical objects from 1250 to the present day.[1] Whilst at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Winterburn published The Astronomers Royal.[2] She appeared on Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time in 2007, discussing optics.[3] Alongside curating, Winterburn began a PhD at Imperial College London, studying the Herschel family.[1] In 2011 she submitted her PhD thesis The Herschels: a scientific family in Training.[4] Her thesis was well received by the historical science communities.[5] Winterburn writes for Astronomy Now.[6] In 2009 Winterburn joined the University of Leeds Museum of Science as a curator.[1] That year she published The Stargazer's Guide with the HarperCollins.[7] Winterburn is an expert on the Herschel family and Islamic astronomical instruments.[1][8] She won the 2014 Notes & Records of the Royal Society essay prize for her essay Philomaths, Herschel, and the myth of the self-taught man.[9] She was part of the 2015 Royal Society celebration for International Women's Day, where she discussed girls participation in scientific education and society.[10][11] She contributed to the Springer Publishing book, The Scientific Legacy of William Herschel.[12] Having published extensively on the Herschel family, Winterburn began to write The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel in 2012.[13][14] The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel focuses on the ten most productive years of Caroline Herschel's academic career; working with her brother William Herschel's telescope and finding comets.[15] The book was published in 2017 and has been described as a "terrific read".[16][17] Books
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20042/21/emily__winterburn|title=Profile - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures - University of Leeds - Emily Winterburn|last=Leeds|first=University of|website=www.leeds.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Winterburn, Emily}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-astronomers-royal/emily-winterburn/9780948065477|title=The Astronomers Royal by Emily Winterburn {{!}} Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00774t5|title=Optics, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-01}} 4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Jane|first=Winterburn, Emily|date=2011|title=The Herschels a scientific family in training|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.537559}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1264|title=The Herschels: A Scientific Family {{!}} Dissertation Reviews|website=dissertationreviews.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-01|date=May 2012}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://muslimheritage.com/authors/emily-winterburn|title=Emily Winterburn {{!}} Muslim Heritage|website=muslimheritage.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061789694/the-stargazers-guide/|title=The Stargazer's Guide - Emily Winterburn - Paperback|work=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://muslimheritage.com/article/using-astrolabe|title=Using an Astrolabe {{!}} Muslim Heritage|website=muslimheritage.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/essay-award|title=Essay award {{!}} Notes and Records|website=rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} 10. ^{{Citation|last=The Royal Society|title=Emily Winterburn discusses Caroline Herschel's 1787 account of a new comet|date=2015-03-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocGHWf1sX_Q|access-date=2018-07-01}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/female-science-writers-celebrated/2019101.article|title=Female science writers celebrated|date=2015-03-15|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en}} 12. ^{{Cite book|date=2018|editor-last=Cunningham|editor-first=Clifford J.|title=The Scientific Legacy of William Herschel|journal=Historical & Cultural Astronomy|language=en-gb|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-32826-3|issn=2509-310X|isbn=978-3-319-32825-6}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://public.nrao.edu/how-shall-we-remember-caroline-herschel/|title=How shall we remember Caroline Herschel? - National Radio Astronomy Observatory|date=2018-04-18|work=National Radio Astronomy Observatory|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon-london.com/content/Speakers/Speaker/speaker-Dr-Emily-Winterburn-54|title=Dr Emily Winterburn|website=Salon London - Science, Arts, Psychology|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-quiet-revolution-of-caroline.html|title=The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel - Emily Winterburn ****|website=popsciencebooks.blogspot.com|access-date=2018-07-01}} 16. ^{{Cite news|url=https://nudge-book.com/blog/2018/01/the-quiet-revolution-of-caroline-herschel-by-emily-winterburn/|title=The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel by Emily Winterburn|date=2018-01-27|work=Nudge|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-GB}} 17. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2018/0501/Three-compelling-biographies-of-remarkable-women|title=Three compelling biographies of remarkable women|date=2018-05-01|work=Christian Science Monitor|access-date=2018-07-01|issn=0882-7729}} 18. ^{{Cite book|title=The Quiet Revolution of Caroline Herschel : the Lost Heroine of Astronomy.|last=Emily.|first=Winterburn|date=2017|publisher=The History Press|isbn=9780750986519|location=Stroud|oclc=1007922826}} 19. ^{{Cite book|title=The stargazer's guide to the night sky|last=Jason.|first=Lisle|date=2012|publisher=Master Books|isbn=978-1614581949|location=Green Forest, Ark.|oclc=823729594}} 20. ^{{Cite book|title=The astronomers Royal|last=Emily.|first=Winterburn|date=2003|publisher=National Maritime Museum|others=National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), Royal Greenwich Observatory.|isbn=978-0948065477|location=Greenwich, London|oclc=55990736}} 10 : Living people|Science writers|English science writers|Historians of science|Women physicists|Alumni of the University of Manchester|Alumni of Imperial College London|Academics of the University of Leeds|Women science writers|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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