The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) Av Claire Brock

<div>Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal.<BR><br>Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 — the first woman in Britain to make her living from science.<BR><BR>But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel''s great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources — including Herschel''s diaries and her fiery letters — Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.</div>