Author: J. B. Hearnshaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521403931
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars - for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
The Measurement of Starlight
Author: J. B. Hearnshaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521403931
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars - for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521403931
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
A well-illustrated historical survey of the science of measuring the brightness and colours of stars - for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers and historians of science.
The Glass Universe
Author: Dava Sobel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069814869X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR's Science Friday Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A joy to read.” —The Wall Street Journal In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges—Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The “glass universe” of half a million plates that Harvard amassed over the ensuing decades—through the generous support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography—enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify ten novae and more than three hundred variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard—and Harvard’s first female department chair. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069814869X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR's Science Friday Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A joy to read.” —The Wall Street Journal In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges—Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The “glass universe” of half a million plates that Harvard amassed over the ensuing decades—through the generous support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography—enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify ten novae and more than three hundred variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard—and Harvard’s first female department chair. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Parallax
Author: Alan W. Hirshfeld
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486490939
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This lively and entertaining history of the long struggle to measure the distance to the stars will appeal to general readers as well as to amateur and professional astronomers. Readers will encounter fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to 19th-century scientists. Well illustrated, with contemporary pictures plus extensive notes on further reading. 2002 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486490939
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This lively and entertaining history of the long struggle to measure the distance to the stars will appeal to general readers as well as to amateur and professional astronomers. Readers will encounter fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to 19th-century scientists. Well illustrated, with contemporary pictures plus extensive notes on further reading. 2002 edition.
Introduction to Planetary Photometry
Author: Michael K. Shepard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110713174X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This accessible handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the properties of Solar System objects.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110713174X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This accessible handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the properties of Solar System objects.
The Electrical Measurement of Starlight
Author: George Minchin Minchin
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 13
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Starlight and Time
Author: D. Russell Humphreys
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 0890512027
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Bible says the universe is just thousands of years old, and yet we can see stars that are billions of light-years away. Until now, creation scientists have not had a satisfactory answer to this puzzle, but the new cosmology outlined in this book offers a fresh and scientifically sound solution. Though he challenges some traditional creationist theories, Dr. Humphreys takes Scripture very straightforwardly, upholding its inerrancy and the idea of a young universe as he explains days one through four of creation week.
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 0890512027
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Bible says the universe is just thousands of years old, and yet we can see stars that are billions of light-years away. Until now, creation scientists have not had a satisfactory answer to this puzzle, but the new cosmology outlined in this book offers a fresh and scientifically sound solution. Though he challenges some traditional creationist theories, Dr. Humphreys takes Scripture very straightforwardly, upholding its inerrancy and the idea of a young universe as he explains days one through four of creation week.
The Electrical Measurement of Starlight
Author: George M. Minchin
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Using CCDs
Author: W. Romanishin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781500772116
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Using CCDsBy W. Romanishin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781500772116
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Using CCDsBy W. Romanishin
Starlight
Author: Keith Robinson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441907084
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities and outer structure of these far away points of light. The laws of physics themselves enable us to journey to the very center of a star and to understand its inner structure and source of energy! Starlight provides an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics that requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to all amateur astronomers. Starlight teaches amateur astronomers about the physics of stars and starlight in a friendly, easy-to-read way. The reader will take away a profoundly deeper understanding of this truly fascinating subject – and find his practical observations more rewarding and fulfilling as a result.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441907084
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities and outer structure of these far away points of light. The laws of physics themselves enable us to journey to the very center of a star and to understand its inner structure and source of energy! Starlight provides an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics that requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to all amateur astronomers. Starlight teaches amateur astronomers about the physics of stars and starlight in a friendly, easy-to-read way. The reader will take away a profoundly deeper understanding of this truly fascinating subject – and find his practical observations more rewarding and fulfilling as a result.
The Analysis of Starlight
Author: John B. Hearnshaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031745
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031745
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A reference for astronomers and historians on astronomical spectroscopy, from the discovery of spectral lines through to the year 2000.