Gingerich, Owen (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: xi + 198 pp. + appendices; illus.; notes; index
Description Contents: Meadows, A. J.: The origins of astrophysics. Lankford, John: The impact of photography on astronomy. Van Helden, Albert: Telescope building, 1850-1900. Meadows, A. J.: The new astronomy. Hogg, Helen Sawyer, Dunlap, David: Variable stars. DeVorkin, David: Stellar evolution and the origin of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Laurie, Philip S.: Greenwich Observatory. Lévy, Jacques: Paris Observatory. Mikhailov, Aleksandr A.: Pulkovo Observatory. Plotkin, Howard: Harvard College Observatory. Warner, Deborah: United States Naval Observatory. Bell, Trudy E.: Lick Observatory. Herrmann, Dieter B.: Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory. Van Helden, Albert: Building large telescopes, 1900-1950. Evans, David S.: Astronomical institutions in the southern hemisphere, 1850-1950. Fehrenbach, Charles: Twentieth-century instrumentation. Friedman, Herbert: Early rockets in astronomy. Sullivan, Woodruff T., III: Early radio astronomy. Welther, Barbara L.: The world's largest telescopes, 1850-1950.
Review Débarbat, S. (1986) Review of "Astrophysics and 20th-century astronomy to 1950: Part A". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 358-60).
Review Raine, D.J. (1986) Review of "Astrophysics and 20th-century astronomy to 1950: Part A". British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (pp. 510-13).
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