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Author: Donald E. Osterbrock Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226639444 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 398
Book Description
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
Author: Donald E. Osterbrock Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226639444 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 398
Book Description
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
Author: Ian R. Bartky Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804738743 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
This first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time—the worldwide system of timekeeping by which we all live. The book describes the contributions of the railroad industry, university astronomers, clockmakers, and civil and electrical engineers.
Author: Donald E. Osterbrock
Author: Donald E. Osterbrock
Author: National Research Council (U.S.).
Author: Kitt Peak National Observatory
Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Author: Ian R. Bartky
Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Author: University of Chicago
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Author: American Astronomical Society