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Pioneer of galactic astronomy : a biography of Jacobus C. Kapteyn / Pieter C. van der Kruit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kruit, Pieter C. van der, author, translator.
- Series:
- Springer biographies 2365-0613
- Springer biographies, 2365-0613
- Standardized Title:
- Inrichting van de hemel. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922.
- Kapteyn, J. C.
- Astronomers--Netherlands--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Netherlands.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 305 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English; translated fromthe original Dutch by the author.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Boarding School and University
- Astronomy Around 1875
- Astronomer and Professor
- Almost Half a Million Stars
- Laboratory and Statistical Astronomy
- Star Streams
- In the mean time in Groningen
- Mount Wilson
- Statistics and other matters
- First Attempt: the Kapetyn Universe
- Coda.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 26, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030554231
- 3030554236
- Publisher Number:
- 99986727421
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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