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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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cham [Switzerland] :
Springer,
[2015]
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Series: | Astrophysics and space science library ;
v. 416. |
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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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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.