03852nam 22006615 450 991030041340332120200702104736.03-319-10876-X10.1007/978-3-319-10876-6(CKB)3710000000291435(EBL)1967991(OCoLC)908088590(SSID)ssj0001386566(PQKBManifestationID)11759741(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001386566(PQKBWorkID)11374548(PQKB)10295847(DE-He213)978-3-319-10876-6(MiAaPQ)EBC1967991(PPN)258847824(PPN)183095103(EXLCZ)99371000000029143520141118d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJacobus Cornelius Kapteyn Born Investigator of the Heavens /by Pieter C. van der Kruit1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (722 p.)Astrophysics and Space Science Library,0067-0057 ;416Description based upon print version of record.3-319-10875-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 contributed to the establishment of statistical astronomy and structure and dynamics of the Sidereal System. All aspects of Kapteyn’s life are discussed, from his birth in Barneveld, the Netherlands, to his death in Amsterdam, and his entire resume of scientific achievements in between. Kapteyn had some conflicts with others in his field, especially after the world became divided on how to handle scientific contributions from Germany post-World War I. Kapteyn's struggles and achievements are written against the backdrop of both the historical context of the world at that time as well as the scientific one.Astrophysics and Space Science Library,0067-0057 ;416Observations, AstronomicalAstronomy—ObservationsPhysicsAstronomy, Observations and Techniqueshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014History and Philosophical Foundations of Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000Observations, Astronomical.Astronomy—Observations.Physics.Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.520.92van der Kruit Pieter Cauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300413403321Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn1771600UNINA