Author: Wilfried Boland
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400954786
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984 in honour of Adriaan Blaauw on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups
Author: Wilfried Boland
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400954786
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984 in honour of Adriaan Blaauw on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400954786
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, September 24-26, 1984 in honour of Adriaan Blaauw on the occasion of his 70th birthday
The Classification of Stars
Author: Carlos Jaschek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521389969
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The classification of stars into their various types is one of the fundamental areas of astronomy. This book is a comprehensive handbook on the tools, methods and results of stellar taxonomy. Although this subject is firmly rooted in classical astronomy, vast improvements in observational techniques have transformed the subject and greatly broadened the wavelength regions available for study. The first six chapters describe modern methods of spectroscopic and photometric classification. The remaining nine chapters describe particular families of stars, progressing from the hottest to the coolest. Within each category a description is given of the normal type and all the peculiar stars. Throughout the emphasis is on the phenomenology of classification, rather than the underlying astrophysics. Both authors have devoted themselves to developing the international centre for stellar data at Strasbourg, which uniquely qualifies them to write this definitive handbook for professional astronomers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521389969
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The classification of stars into their various types is one of the fundamental areas of astronomy. This book is a comprehensive handbook on the tools, methods and results of stellar taxonomy. Although this subject is firmly rooted in classical astronomy, vast improvements in observational techniques have transformed the subject and greatly broadened the wavelength regions available for study. The first six chapters describe modern methods of spectroscopic and photometric classification. The remaining nine chapters describe particular families of stars, progressing from the hottest to the coolest. Within each category a description is given of the normal type and all the peculiar stars. Throughout the emphasis is on the phenomenology of classification, rather than the underlying astrophysics. Both authors have devoted themselves to developing the international centre for stellar data at Strasbourg, which uniquely qualifies them to write this definitive handbook for professional astronomers.
Stellar Astrophysics for the Local Group
Author: A. Aparicio
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521632553
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
A review of the new subject of extragalactic stellar astrophysics - for both graduate students and researchers working in astrophysics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521632553
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
A review of the new subject of extragalactic stellar astrophysics - for both graduate students and researchers working in astrophysics.
The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory
Author: Andre HECK
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402036439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between France and Germany, high-profile scientists having been based there, big projects born or installed within its walls, and so on. Most of the documents circulating on the history of the Observatory and on related matters have however been so far poorly referenced, if at all. This made necessary the compilation of a volume such as this one, offering fully-documented historical facts and references on the first decades of the Observatory history, authored by both French and German specialists. The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write in a way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized in astronomy nor in the details of European history. Several appendices conclude the book: lists of council members and of Observatory scientific personnel, as well as a compendium of the institutional publications until the year 2000.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402036439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between France and Germany, high-profile scientists having been based there, big projects born or installed within its walls, and so on. Most of the documents circulating on the history of the Observatory and on related matters have however been so far poorly referenced, if at all. This made necessary the compilation of a volume such as this one, offering fully-documented historical facts and references on the first decades of the Observatory history, authored by both French and German specialists. The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write in a way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized in astronomy nor in the details of European history. Several appendices conclude the book: lists of council members and of Observatory scientific personnel, as well as a compendium of the institutional publications until the year 2000.
Illustrating the Phaenomena
Author: Elly Dekker
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.
Stratigraphy of the Star Peak Group (Triassic) and Overlying Lower Mesozoic Rocks
Author: Norman John Silberling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Two Groups of Thessalian Gold
Author: Stella G. Miller
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520095809
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520095809
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies
Author: Jonathan E. Grindlay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401511047
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 767
Book Description
In the centennial year, 1985-86, of Harlow Shapley's birth, the study of globular clusters was no less important to the development of astronomy than in 1915, when Shapley first noted their concentration on the sky. By 1917 Shapley had used the properties of the system of globular clusters to complete the Copernican revolution and locate the solar system, and its Earth-bound observers, far from the center of the Galaxy and the globular cluster distribution. Seven decades later, in the year of these proceedings, globular cluster research and the study of the system of globular clusters in our own and distant galaxies is undergoing a renaissance of activity. The introduction of new observational tools, particularly CCD imagers and digital spectrographs, as well as powerful theoretical methods have transformed the study of globular clusters into one of the main line areas of modern astrophysics. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate to one of us, when considering how the Harvard College Observatory might mark the Shapley centennial, to propose and plan for an IAU Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. Planning for the Shapley Symposium, as it came to be called, was even more drawn out than the preparation of this volume. The Symposium was originally proposed to the IAU Secretariat in time for it to be held in August, 1985, so that it might occur in the centennial (calendar) year.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401511047
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 767
Book Description
In the centennial year, 1985-86, of Harlow Shapley's birth, the study of globular clusters was no less important to the development of astronomy than in 1915, when Shapley first noted their concentration on the sky. By 1917 Shapley had used the properties of the system of globular clusters to complete the Copernican revolution and locate the solar system, and its Earth-bound observers, far from the center of the Galaxy and the globular cluster distribution. Seven decades later, in the year of these proceedings, globular cluster research and the study of the system of globular clusters in our own and distant galaxies is undergoing a renaissance of activity. The introduction of new observational tools, particularly CCD imagers and digital spectrographs, as well as powerful theoretical methods have transformed the study of globular clusters into one of the main line areas of modern astrophysics. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate to one of us, when considering how the Harvard College Observatory might mark the Shapley centennial, to propose and plan for an IAU Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. Planning for the Shapley Symposium, as it came to be called, was even more drawn out than the preparation of this volume. The Symposium was originally proposed to the IAU Secretariat in time for it to be held in August, 1985, so that it might occur in the centennial (calendar) year.