Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950 The Birth, near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution

Author/creator Osterbrock, Donald E. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description394 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation <div>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.<br /><br />"An excellent description of the ups and downs of a major observatory."&#8212;Jack Meadows,<i>Nature</i><br /><br />"Historians are much indebted to Osterbrock for this new contribution to the fascinating story of twentieth-century American astronomy."&#8212;Adriaan Blaauw,<i>Journal for the History of Astronomy</i><br /><br />"An important reference about one of the key American observatories of this century."&#8212;Woodruff T. Sullivan III,<i>Physics Today</i><br /></div>
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LCCN 96025450
ISBN9780226639468
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