Author: Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical observatories
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The majority of the contributions are reprinted from the Astrophysical journal.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical observatories
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The majority of the contributions are reprinted from the Astrophysical journal.
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The majority of the contributions are reprinted from the Astrophysical journal.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The majority of the contributions are reprinted from the Astrophysical journal.
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Galileo's Daughter
Author: Dava Sobel
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1857027124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This is an account of the relationship between Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Marie Celeste. It contains letters sent from Marie Celeste to her father from a Florence convent.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1857027124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This is an account of the relationship between Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Marie Celeste. It contains letters sent from Marie Celeste to her father from a Florence convent.
Unveiling Galaxies
Author: Jean-René Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
The Perfect Machine
Author: Ronald Florence
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062105787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, this magnificent instrument is so precisely built that its seventeen-foot mirror was hand-polished to a tolerance of 2/1,000,000 of an inch. The telescope's construction drove some to the brink of madness, made others fearful that mortals might glimpse heaven, and transfixed an entire nation. Ronald Florence weaves into his account of the creation of "the perfect machine" a stirring chronicle of the birth of Big Science and a poignant rendering of an America mired in the depression yet reaching for the stars.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062105787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, this magnificent instrument is so precisely built that its seventeen-foot mirror was hand-polished to a tolerance of 2/1,000,000 of an inch. The telescope's construction drove some to the brink of madness, made others fearful that mortals might glimpse heaven, and transfixed an entire nation. Ronald Florence weaves into his account of the creation of "the perfect machine" a stirring chronicle of the birth of Big Science and a poignant rendering of an America mired in the depression yet reaching for the stars.
The Discovery of Cosmic Voids
Author: Laird A. Thompson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108858481
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The large-scale structure of the Universe is dominated by vast voids with galaxies clustered in knots, sheets, and filaments, forming a great 'cosmic web'. In this personal account of the major astronomical developments leading to this discovery, we learn from Laird A. Thompson, a key protagonist, how the first 3D maps of galaxies were created. Using non-mathematical language, he introduces the standard model of cosmology before explaining how and why ideas about cosmic voids evolved, referencing the original maps, reproduced here. His account tells of the competing teams of observers, racing to publish their results, the theorists trying to build or update their models to explain them, and the subsequent large-scale survey efforts that continue to the present day. This is a well-documented account of the birth of a major pillar of modern cosmology, and a useful case study of the trials surrounding how this scientific discovery became accepted.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108858481
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The large-scale structure of the Universe is dominated by vast voids with galaxies clustered in knots, sheets, and filaments, forming a great 'cosmic web'. In this personal account of the major astronomical developments leading to this discovery, we learn from Laird A. Thompson, a key protagonist, how the first 3D maps of galaxies were created. Using non-mathematical language, he introduces the standard model of cosmology before explaining how and why ideas about cosmic voids evolved, referencing the original maps, reproduced here. His account tells of the competing teams of observers, racing to publish their results, the theorists trying to build or update their models to explain them, and the subsequent large-scale survey efforts that continue to the present day. This is a well-documented account of the birth of a major pillar of modern cosmology, and a useful case study of the trials surrounding how this scientific discovery became accepted.
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomical observatories
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical observatories
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Walter Baade
Author: Donald E. Osterbrock
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691049366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rather, it was his discovery of two distinct stellar populations: old and young stars. This discovery opened wide the previously marginal fields of stellar and galactic evolution - research areas that would be among the most fertile and exciting in all of astrophysics for decades to come."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691049366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rather, it was his discovery of two distinct stellar populations: old and young stars. This discovery opened wide the previously marginal fields of stellar and galactic evolution - research areas that would be among the most fertile and exciting in all of astrophysics for decades to come."--BOOK JACKET.