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Master of galactic astronomy : a biography of Jan Hendrik Oort / 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:
- Horizonnen. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oort, Jan Hendrik.
- Astronomers--Netherlands--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Netherlands.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 356 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English; tranlated from the original Dutch by the author.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Youth in Oegstgeest and Leiden
- Kapateyn and Groningen
- Via Yale to Leiden
- Rotation and Dynamics of the Galaxy
- The Structure of our and Other Galaxies
- The Watershed: World War Ii
- Opening New Avenues
- Fron Kootwijk to Dwingeloo
- Westerbork Syntjesis Radio Telescope and Retirement
- The Last Horizon.
- 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:
- 9783030555481
- 3030555488
- Publisher Number:
- 99986727376
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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