Man Discovers the Galaxies

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Columbia University Press, 1984 - 228 síður
Man Discovers the Galaxies describes the development of galactic theories and models of the stellar system from 1900 to 1940. It is written in an interesting and lucid style, lavishly illustrated with photographs & diagrams.
 

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Contents
3
The Development of Techniques for Determining Distances
15
Galactic Theories in the Period 19001920
24
Astronomys Great Debate
35
Epilogue
48
Prologue
53
Galactic Rotation
62
Absorption and the Solution of the GalacticScale Problem
70
Epilogue
97
The Birth of Modern Cosmology
175
Problems
217
Bibliography
225
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Man Discovers the Galaxies
Richard Berendzen,Richard Cullen Hart,Daniel Seeley
Bútasýn - 1976

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apparent apparent magnitudes Astron Astrophys calcium Cepheids in spirals Chapter classification clouds conclusion cosmology debate determined diameter discussed distances E. E. Barnard Eddington Edwin Hubble Einstein errors evidence G. E. Hale galactic system Galaxy globular clusters H. D. Curtis H. N. Russell Hale Observatories Hale Observatories photograph Harvard University Archives Herschel Hubble's discovery Ibid indicated internal motions island universes island-universe theory J. C. Kapteyn J. H. Oort Jeans km/sec Lick Observatory light lines Lowell Observatory Lundmark Maanen Maanen's measurements Maanen's results magnitudes Messier 101 Milky motions in spirals Mount Wilson novae observations Observatory Archives Oort's open clusters paper parallax parsecs Plaskett plates Private communication problem proper motions Publ published radial velocities redshifts Shapley Shapley's Sitter Slipher solar space spectral Spiral Nebula Messier spiral nebulae stars stellar system structure Struve studies telescope tion Trumpler V. M. Slipher Yerkes Observatory

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Richard Berendzen has conducted research on solar astrophysics, cosmology, history of astronomy, and education and human resources in science. He has had research grants from the NSF and NASA and has served as a consultant to the National Academy of Science and NASA Headquarters. The author has taught astronomy at Harvard and was a faculty member at Boston University where he chaired the Astronomy Department.

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TitillMan Discovers the Galaxies
AuthorsRichard Berendzen, Richard Cullen Hart, Daniel Seeley
Editionreprint
ÚtgefandiColumbia University Press, 1984
ISBN0231058276, 9780231058278
Length228 síður
  
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