邁剋爾·D·勒莫尼剋（Michael D. Lemonick），曾任《時代》雜誌高級科普作傢，著作頗豐，代錶作《大爆炸迴響》（Echo of the Big Bang），目前在普林斯頓大學、哥倫比亞大學及約翰斯·霍普金斯大學任教，居於新澤西州普林斯頓。

Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel transformed our view of the heavens. A trained musician, amateur scientist William found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. His partnership with his sister Caroline yielded groundbreaking work, including techniques that remain in use today. The duo pioneered comprehensive surveys of the night sky, carefully categorising every visible object in the void. Caroline wrote an influential catalogue of nebulae and William discovered infrared radiation. Michael Lemonick guides readers through the depths of the solar system and into his protagonists' private lives. Erudite and accessible, "The Georgian Star" is a lively portrait of the pair who invented modern astronomy.