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- United States
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- Subject Area
- Science
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- World
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- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education, High School
- Subjects
- Mathematics & Sciences
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- Era
- 1980s
- MPN
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- Subject
- Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / General, Astronomy
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- ISBN
- 9780521242561
- Publication Name
- Astrophysics and Twentieth-Century Astronomy to 1950
- Item Length
- 9.7 in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Series
- General History of Astronomy Ser.
- Publication Year
- 1984
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 7.4 in
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- 0.7 in
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
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Volume 4 of The General History of Astronomy, originally published in 1984, concerns the birth of modern astrophysics in the nineteenth century, the growth of astronomical institutions to around 1920, and the development of instrumentation. The volume commences in the 1850s, with the first astronomical applications of photography and spectral analysis. It closes in the 1950s, before the explosive growth made possible by new electronic devices and computers. In Part A, there are eleven chapters, written by an international panel of eighteen authors, on subjects such as observatories, large telescopes, astronomy in the southern hemisphere, and early radio astronomy. Intended for general readership, this book formed part of an in-depth synthesis of the development of astronomy from the earliest times.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521242568
ISBN-13
9780521242561
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1169530
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Astrophysics and Twentieth-Century Astronomy to 1950
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / General, Astronomy
Series
General History of Astronomy Ser.
Publication Year
1984
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Height
7.4 in
Item Width
0.7 in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
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LCCN
83-010164
Lc Classification Number
Qb15 .G38 1984 Vol.
Volume Number
Vol. 4
Table of Content
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. The Birth of Astrophysics and Other Late Nineteenth-Century Trends (c.1850-c.1920); 1. The origins of astrophysics A. J. Meadows; 2. The impact of photography on astronomy John Lankford; 3. Telescope building, 1850-1900 Albert Van Helden; 4. The new astronomy A. J. Meadows; 5. Variable stars Helen Sawyer Hogg; 6. Stellar evolution and the origin of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram David DeVorkin; Part II. Observatories and Instrumentation: 7. Astronomical institutions. Introduction Owen Gingerich, Greenwich Observatory Philip S. Laurie, Paris Observatory Jacques Lévy, Pulkovo Observatory Aleksandr A. Mikhailov, Harvard College Observatory Howard Plotkin, United States Naval Observatory Deborah Warner, Lick Observatory Trudy E. Bell, Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory Dieter B. Herrmann; 8. Building large telescopes, 1900-1950 Albert Van Helden; 9. Astronomical institutions in the southern hemisphere, 1850-1950 David S. Evans; 10. Twentieth-century instrumentation Charles Fehrenbach, with a section on 'Early rockets in astronomy' Herbert Friedman; 11. Early radio astronomy Woodruff T. Sullivan III; Appendix: The world's largest telescopes, 1850-1950 Barbara L. Welther; Illustrations: acknowledgements and sources; Index.
Copyright Date
1984
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
523.01/09034
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
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