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Book Synopsis Proud American Astronomer by : M. Shafiq
Download or read book Proud American Astronomer written by M. Shafiq and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something magical about a book waiting to be filled with your own work. Whether it's a beautifully detailed sketch or a fun doodle drawing and Journaling, This unique Composition Notebook is perfect for Youth, Children, and People of All Ages to create their masterpiece on. Filled with 101+ blank standard 6"x 9" sized pages and a high-Quality full-Color Soft Matte Cover. Lined Blank Notebooks are perfect for: Stocking Stuffers & Gift Baskets Birthday & Christmas Gifts College / School Notes Graduation & End of School Year Gifts Summer Travel Journaling Art Classes Doodle Diaries & much more...
Book Synopsis James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist by : Donald E. Osterbrock
Download or read book James E. Keeler: Pioneer American Astrophysicist written by Donald E. Osterbrock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), the leading astronomical spectroscopist of his generation.
Download or read book Edwin Hubble written by Mary Virginia Fox and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.
Book Synopsis American Astronomy by : John Lankford
Download or read book American Astronomy written by John Lankford and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-05-15 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a period that saw fundamental changes in the nature and content of astronomy, including the rise of astrophysics, Lankford has compiled remarkable data, such as the number of people with and without doctorates, the number who taught in colleges or universities versus those involved in industrial or government work, and the number of women versus men. He also addresses the crucial question of power within the community - what it meant, which astronomers had it, and what they did with it.
Book Synopsis Henry Norris Russell by : David H. DeVorkin
Download or read book Henry Norris Russell written by David H. DeVorkin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Norris Russell lived in two universes: that of his Presbyterian forebears and that of his science. Sharp-witted and animated by nervous energy, he became one of the most powerful voices in twentieth-century American astronomy, wielding that influence in calculated ways to redefine an entire science. He, more than any American of his generation, worked to turn an observation-centered discipline into a theory-driven pursuit centered on physics. Today, professional and amateur astronomers alike know Russell for the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the playing field for much of stellar astrophysics, as well as for his work on the evolution of stars and the origin of the solar system. But of far greater importance than his own research, which was truly remarkable in its own right, is Russell's stamp on the field as a whole. Functioning as a "headquarters scientist"--some called him General--Russell was an astronomer without a telescope. Yet he marshaled the data of the Hales and the Pickerings of the world, injected theory into mainstream astronomy, and brought atomic physics to its very core, often sparking controversy along the way. His students at Princeton went on to populate the most prestigious astronomical institutions in the United States, bringing with them Russell's beliefs that astronomy is really astrophysics and that researchers should be theoretically as well as empirically minded. This first-ever book-length biography of the "Dean of American Astronomers" interweaves personal and scientific history to illuminate how Russell's privileged Presbyterian family background, his education at Princeton and Cambridge, and his personal inclinations and attachments both served and were at odds with his campaign to modernize astronomy. This book will be of interest not only to astronomers and historians (particularly those interested in the emergence of astrophysics), but to anyone interested in the process of disciplinary change.
Book Synopsis Observatories of the Southwest by : Douglas Isbell
Download or read book Observatories of the Southwest written by Douglas Isbell and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its clear skies and low humidity, the southwestern United States is an astronomer’s paradise where observatories like Kitt Peak have redefined the art of skywatching. The region is unique in its loose federation of like-minded research outposts and in the quantity and diversity of its observatories—places captured in this unique guidebook. Douglas Isbell and Stephen Strom, both intimately involved in southwestern astronomy, have written a practical guide to the major observatories of the region for those eager to learn what modern telescopes are doing, to understand the role each of these often quirky places has played in advancing our understanding of the cosmos, and hopefully to visit and see the tools of the astronomer up close. For each observatory, the authors describe its history, highlights of its contributions to astronomy—with an emphasis on recent results—and information for visitors. Also included are wide-ranging interviews with astronomers closely associated with each site. Observatories covered range from McDonald in Texas to Palomar in California, with significant outposts in between: Arizona’s Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson, the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, and the Whipple Observatory outside Amado; and New Mexico’s Very Large Array near Socorro and Sacramento Peak close to Sunspot. In addition to describing these established institutions, they also take a look ahead to the most powerful ground-based telescope in the world just beginning to operate at full power on Mount Graham in Safford, Arizona. With more than three dozen illustrations, Observatories of the Southwest is accessible to amateur astronomers, tourists, students, and teachers—anyone fascinated with the contributions that astronomy has made to deepening our understanding of humanity’s place in the universe, whether exploring the solar system from Lowell Observatory or studying the birth of stars using the army of giant radio telescopes at the Very Large Array. This book aims to inspire visits to these sites by illuminating the major scientific questions being pursued every clear night beneath the dark skies of the Southwest and the amazing machinery that makes these pursuits possible.
Download or read book American Astronomer Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Astronomers by : Carole Ann Camp
Download or read book American Astronomers written by Carole Ann Camp and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stars of the night sky have always attracted, intrigued, and captured the imagination of humans. Author Carole Ann Camp acquaints us with ten American astronomers, five men and five women, who have made significant discoveries and scientific advances that brought us closer to understanding our universe. Examines the contributions of Maria Mitchell, Percival Lowell, Williamina Fleming, Annie Jump Cannon, George Ellery Hale, Harlow Shapley, Edwin Hubble, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Vera Rubin, and Carl Sagan.
Book Synopsis The Last Stargazers by : Emily Levesque
Download or read book The Last Stargazers written by Emily Levesque and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the people who see beyond the stars—an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky. Humans from the earliest civilizations through today have craned their necks each night, using the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Stargazing is a pursuit that continues to fascinate us: from Copernicus to Carl Sagan, astronomers throughout history have spent their lives trying to answer the biggest questions in the universe. Now, award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers in this new nonfiction release, the people willing to adventure across high mountaintops and to some of the most remote corners of the planet, all in the name of science. From the lonely quiet of midnight stargazing to tall tales of wild bears loose in the observatory, The Last Stargazers is a love letter to astronomy and an affirmation of the crucial role that humans can and must play in the future of scientific discovery. In this sweeping work of narrative science, Levesque shows how astronomers in this scrappy and evolving field are going beyond the machines to infuse creativity and passion into the stars and space and inspires us all to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets.
Book Synopsis The Sky Is Not the Limit by : Neil deGrasse Tyson
Download or read book The Sky Is Not the Limit written by Neil deGrasse Tyson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and the host of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a memoir about growing up and a young man's budding scientific curiosity. This is the absorbing story of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s lifelong fascination with the night sky, a restless wonder that began some thirty years ago on the roof of his Bronx apartment building and eventually led him to become the director of the Hayden Planetarium. A unique chronicle of a young man who at one time was both nerd and jock, Tyson’s memoir could well inspire other similarly curious youngsters to pursue their dreams. Like many athletic kids he played baseball, won medals in track and swimming, and was captain of his high school wrestling team. But at the same time he was setting up a telescope on winter nights, taking an advanced astronomy course at the Hayden Planetarium, and spending a summer vacation at an astronomy camp in the Mojave Desert. Eventually, his scientific curiosity prevailed, and he went on to graduate in physics from Harvard and to earn a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Columbia. There followed postdoctoral research at Princeton. In 1996, he became the director of the Hayden Planetarium, where some twenty-five years earlier he had been awed by the spectacular vista in the sky theater. Tyson pays tribute to the key teachers and mentors who recognized his precocious interests and abilities, and helped him succeed. He intersperses personal reminiscences with thoughts on scientific literacy, careful science vs. media hype, the possibility that a meteor could someday hit the Earth, dealing with society’s racial stereotypes, what science can and cannot say about the existence of God, and many other interesting insights about science, society, and the nature of the universe. Now available in paperback with a new preface and other additions, this engaging memoir will enlighten and inspire an appreciation of astronomy and the wonders of our universe.
Book Synopsis Biographical Dictionary of Great Astronomers by : G. Ramamurthy
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Great Astronomers written by G. Ramamurthy and published by Sura Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stars Above, Earth Below by : Tyler Nordgren
Download or read book Stars Above, Earth Below written by Tyler Nordgren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stars Above, Earth Below uses photographs and sky charts to form a connection between what is seen on the ground and in the sky, and looks at the deeper scientific meaning behind these sights. Nordgren describes other objects in the Solar System with features similar to those on Earth and links the geological features seen in the national parks to the very latest NASA spacecraft discoveries on other planets and their moons. Additionally, historical context is discussed to show why we humans (who have lived in and around our national parts for tens of thousands of years) have always been astronomers. The first book to make direct connections between astronomy and the landscapes, processes and cultures one experiences in the US National Parks Each chapter ties a specific astronomical phenomenon to a particular National Park or type of park and concludes with a “See for yourself” section that shows you how to see the planets, stars, nebulae, moons, etc. that are described within that chapter A personal guide showing the reader the astronomical phenomena that you can see for yourself when visiting the U.S. National Parks
Download or read book Simon Newcomb written by Bill Carter and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text recounts Simon Newcomb's climb from a penniless immigrant to the most renowned American astronomer of the 19th-century, with never before published details of his family and professional lives, including his friendship with Congressman--and later President--James A. Garfield.
Book Synopsis American Astronomer Bulletin by : William D. McPherson
Download or read book American Astronomer Bulletin written by William D. McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by : Simon Newcomb
Download or read book The Reminiscences of an Astronomer written by Simon Newcomb and published by London : Harper and Brothers. This book was released on 1903 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Calculating Brilliance by : Gerardo Aldana
Download or read book Calculating Brilliance written by Gerardo Aldana and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contextualizes the discovery of a Venus astronomical pattern by a female Mayan astronomer at Chich'en Itza and the discovery's later adaptation and application at Mayapan. Calculating Brilliance brings different intellectual threads together across time and space, from the Classic to the Postclassic, the colonial period to the twenty-first century to offer a new vision for understanding Mayan astronomy.
Book Synopsis The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by : Simon Newcomb
Download or read book The Reminiscences of an Astronomer written by Simon Newcomb and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Reminiscences of an Astronomer" from Simon Newcomb. Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (1835-1909).
