Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel, credited to Margaret Herschel, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel by Margaret Herschel. Read in English by Kevin Green. For many people, the name Caroline Herschel will be unfamiliar, but she was one of the most significant women on the English scientific scene during the late 18th and early 19th century. Sister of the well known William Herschel (he of the discovery of Uranus and its moons and many other significant scientific discoveries), she first worked as his assistant in his astronimical works, and then went on to become a noted astronomer in her own right. She discovered eight new comets in her lifetime, and was the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science, and was awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, made an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy of Science and was presented with a Gold Medal for Science by the King of Prussia on her 96th birthday. This book tells the fascinating story of her life through her letters, and commentary by her nephew's wife. Caroline Herschel was an important woman whose contributions to science should be more widely known. (Summary by Kevin Green)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel
• Author credits: Margaret Herschel
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 10:36:21

Catalogue topics

• women
• 18th Century
• astronomy
• 19th century
• scientists

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 9:03
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - Recollections of Early Life in Hanover, Part 1 — 18:28
3. 02 - Chapter 1 - Recollections of Early Life in Hanover, Part 2 — 28:32
4. 03 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 1 — 28:26
5. 04 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 2 — 25:14
6. 05 - Chapter 2 - Life of the Brother and Sister in Bath, Part 3 — 37:06
7. 06 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 1 — 23:40
8. 07 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 2 — 21:01
9. 08 - Chapter 3 - Life After her Brother's Marriage, Part 3 — 25:38
10. 09 - Chapter 4 - Diary - continued - 1810 — 41:00
11. 10 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 1 — 30:54
12. 11 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 2 — 38:21
13. 12 - Chapter 5 - Retrospection, Part 3 — 30:24
14. 13 - Chapter 6 - Life in Hanover - continued, Part 1 — 39:07
15. 14 - Chapter 6 - Life in Hanover - continued, Part 2 — 41:49
16. 15 - Chapter 6 - Life in Hanover - continued, Part 3 — 39:54
17. 16 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 1 — 23:39
18. 17 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 2 — 25:37
19. 18 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 3 — 30:25
20. 19 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 4 — 24:58
21. 20 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 5 — 22:27
22. 21 - Chapter 7 - Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Part 6 — 21:25
23. 22 - Appendix — 9:12

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