The General History of Astronomy
Volume 4. Astrophysics and Twentieth-Century Astronomy to 1950: Part A
Part of General History of Astronomy
- Editor: Owen Gingerich
- Date Published: March 2010
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521135429
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Volume 4 of The General History of Astronomy, originally published in 1984, concerns the birth of modern astrophysics in the nineteenth century, the growth of astronomical institutions to around 1920, and the development of instrumentation. The volume commences in the 1850s, with the first astronomical applications of photography and spectral analysis. It closes in the 1950s, before the explosive growth made possible by new electronic devices and computers. In Part A, there are eleven chapters, written by an international panel of eighteen authors, on subjects such as observatories, large telescopes, astronomy in the southern hemisphere, and early radio astronomy. Intended for general readership, this book formed part of an in-depth synthesis of the development of astronomy from the earliest times.
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- Date Published: March 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521135429
- length: 228 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. The Birth of Astrophysics and Other Late Nineteenth-Century Trends (c.1850–c.1920)
1. The origins of astrophysics A. J. Meadows
2. The impact of photography on astronomy John Lankford
3. Telescope building, 1850–1900 Albert Van Helden
4. The new astronomy A. J. Meadows
5. Variable stars Helen Sawyer Hogg
6. Stellar evolution and the origin of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram David DeVorkin
Part II. Observatories and Instrumentation:
7. Astronomical institutions. Introduction Owen Gingerich, Greenwich Observatory Philip S. Laurie, Paris Observatory Jacques Lévy, Pulkovo Observatory Aleksandr A. Mikhailov, Harvard College Observatory Howard Plotkin, United States Naval Observatory Deborah Warner, Lick Observatory Trudy E. Bell, Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory Dieter B. Herrmann
8. Building large telescopes, 1900–1950 Albert Van Helden
9. Astronomical institutions in the southern hemisphere, 1850–1950 David S. Evans
10. Twentieth-century instrumentation Charles Fehrenbach, with a section on 'Early rockets in astronomy' Herbert Friedman
11. Early radio astronomy Woodruff T. Sullivan III
Appendix: The world's largest telescopes, 1850–1950 Barbara L. Welther
Illustrations: acknowledgements and sources
Index.
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