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Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950
The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution
Häftad, 1999
254 kr
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This is a centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. The text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Under its …
Origins and Extinctions
Av Donald E. Osterbrock, Peter H. Raven m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
336 kr
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What is the origin of the universe? How did life appear on Earth and why was much of that life destroyed at various times in Earth's history? In this book four noted scientists—physicist Alan H. Guth, astronomer George Wetherill, biologist Lynn Margulis, and paeleobiologist David Raup— propose …
Eye on the Sky
Lick Observatory's First Century
Av Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
306 kr
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The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. A dedicated Confederate naval officer and his jack-of-all-trades foreman used the bequest of a miserly California eccentric …
James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist
And the Early Development of American Astrophysics
Häftad, 2002
1270 kr
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This is the biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), a distinguished pioneer of astrophysics, the application of the methods of physics to understanding the nature of the stars, nebulae, planets, comets, and other objects that populate the universe. Keeler was an outstanding scientist, and his …
Walter Baade
A Life in Astrophysics
Inbunden, 2001
761 kr
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Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow astronomer deeply familiar with Baade and his work, this is the first biography of this major figure in American …
Walter Baade
A Life in Astrophysics
E-bok, 2021
999 kr
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Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow astronomer deeply familiar with Baade and his work, this is the first biography of this major figure in American …
Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, second edition
Av Donald E. Osterbrock, Gary J. Ferland
Inbunden, 2005
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1374 kr
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Astrophysics of GaseousNebulae and Active GalacticNuclei, second edition, is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae,nova and supernova remnants. It will bevaluable to anyone seriously interested in astrophysics.
