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James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist
The biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), the leading astronomical spectroscopist of his generation.
Walter Baade
Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow …
Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950
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 …
Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950
This is a centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. The text describes the changing …
Origins and Extinctions
What is the origin of the universe? How did life appear on Earth and why was much of that life destroyed at various times in Earth's history? In this book four noted …
Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, second edition
Thoroughly revised, expanded and updated throughout, this new edition of Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei is a graduate-level text and reference book on …
James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist
This is the biography of James E. Keeler (1857–1900), a distinguished pioneer of astrophysics, the application of the methods of physics to understanding the nature of the stars, …
Pauper and Prince
Walter Baade
Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow …
Eye on the Sky
The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. A …