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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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Main Author: van der Kruit, Pieter C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 416
Subjects:
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Physics.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10876-6
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Table of 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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