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Umfang: 1 online resource (398 pages)

ISBN: 9780226639444

Inhalt: Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers a chapter in the history of astronomy by providing the story of the Yerkes Observatory. "An excellent description of the ups and downs of a major observatory."-Jack Meadows, Nature "Historians are much indebted to Osterbrock for this new contribution to the fascinating story of twentieth-century American astronomy."-Adriaan Blaauw, Journal for the History of Astronomy "An important reference about one of the key American observatories of this century."-Woodruff T. Sullivan III, Physics Today.

Inhalt: Intro -- Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950 -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Birth, 1868-897 -- 2 Infancy, 1897-1904 -- 3 Near Death, 1904-1932 -- 4 The Savior, 1897-1931 -- 5 The Boy President, 1929-1932 -- 6 The Boy Director, 1932-1936 -- 7 Resurrection on the Campus and at Yerkes, 1893-1937 -- 8 Birth of McDonald Observatory, 1933-1939 -- 9 An Extraordinarily Fine Group, 1936-1942 -- 10 World War II, 1939-1945 -- 11 Golden Years, 1945-1950 -- 12 Epilogue: To the Centennial, 1950-1997 -- Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780226639451

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Osterbrock, Donald E. Yerkes Observatory Chicago [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, 1997 ISBN 0226639452

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950 : The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Physik

Schlagwort(e): Yerkes Observatory ; Electronic books

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Umfang: 1 online resource (398 p.)

Ausgabe: 1999th ed.

ISBN: 9786611430603 , 1-281-43060-9 , 0-226-63944-4

Inhalt: Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers a chapter in the history of astronomy by providing the story of the Yerkes Observatory. "An excellent description of the ups and downs of a major observatory."-Jack Meadows, Nature "Historians are much indebted to Osterbrock for this new contribution to the fascinating story of twentieth-century American astronomy."-Adriaan Blaauw, Journal for the History of Astronomy "An important reference about one of the key American observatories of this century."-Woodruff T. Sullivan III, Physics Today

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , 1. Birth, 1868-1897 -- , 2. Infancy, 1897-1904 -- , 3. Near Death, 1904-1932 -- , 4. The Savior, 1897-1931 -- , 5. The Boy President, 1929-1932 -- , 6. The Boy Director, 1932-1936 -- , 7. Resurrection on the Campus and at Yerkes, 1893-1937 -- , 8. Birth of McDonald Observatory, 1933-1939 -- , 9. An Extraordinarily Fine Group, 1936- 1942 -- , 10. World War 11, 1939-1945 -- , 11. Golden Years, 1945- 1950 -- , 12. Epilogue: To the Centennial, 1950-1997 -- , Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-226-63945-2

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-226-63946-0

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Physik

DOI: 10.7208/9780226639444