The Harvard College Observatory

The First Four Directorships

Bessie Zaban Jones, Lyle Gifford Boyd (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

506 Seiten

1971 | Reprint 2014
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-41878-3 (ISBN)

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Since its founding in 1839, the Harvard College Observatory has pioneered in the development of modern astronomy. Its first directors early recognized the potential of spectroscopy in revealing the constitution of the stars, and of photography in determining the positions and motions of celestial objects; the library of photographic plates made under their direction provides an invaluable history of the stellar universe for the period. The Observatory also pioneered in using the talents of women, several of whom became noted astronomers, and their monumental classification of stars from spectral records constitutes a fundamental contribution to astronomical knowledge.

The authors vividly portray the genesis, growth, and achievements of a major scientific institution and its relations with other observatories. Through the use of photographs and correspondence they also portray the men and women who played essential roles in the development of astronomy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Menzel Donald H. : Donald H. Menzel was Director of Harvard College Observatory, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, and Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.5.2014
Vorwort	Donald H. Menzel
Zusatzinfo	56 halftones; 56 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge, Mass
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	998 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-674-41878-6 / 0674418786
ISBN-13	978-0-674-41878-3 / 9780674418783
Zustand	Neuware