Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn [E-Book] : Born Investigator of the Heavens / by Pieter C. van der Kruit.
Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contribu...
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Personal Name(s): | van der Kruit, Pieter C, author |
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1st ed. 2015. |
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Cham :
Springer,
2015
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Physical Description: |
XXIV, 698 pages 296 illustrations, 99 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783319108766 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-10876-6 |
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library ;
416 |
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Growing up in Barneveld
- Chapter 2: Studies in Utrecht
- Chapter 3: Astronomer in Leiden
- Chapter 4: Professor in Groningen
- Chapter 5: From Kepler to Parallax
- Chapter 6: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
- Chapter 7: An Astronomical Laboratory
- Chapter 8: Colors and Motions
- Chapter 9: Star Streams
- Chapter 10: Selected Areas
- Chapter 11: Extinction
- Chapter 12: Students
- Chapter 13: Mount Wilson
- Chapter 14: Tides, Statistics and the Art of Discovery
- Chapter 15: First Attempt
- Chapter 16: Finale
- Appendices
- Notes and References
- Index.