Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn born investigator of the heavens /

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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Main Author: Kruit, Pieter C. van der (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]
Series:Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 416.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations.
Subjects:
Kapteyn, J. C. -- (Jacobus Cornelius), -- 1851-1922.
Astronomers -- Netherlands -- Biography.
fysica.
physics.
filosofie.
philosophy.
astronomie.
astronomy.
Physics (General)
Fysica (algemeen)
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • 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.

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