LEADER 01627aam 2200421I 450 001 9910711169003321 005 20160226111130.0 024 8 $aGOVPUB-C13-b77fb83920a940b3f0595fc32147df81 035 $a(CKB)5470000002480319 035 $a(OCoLC)935502740 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002480319 100 $a20160121d2001 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndex to the reports of the National Conference on Weights and Measures $efrom the first to the eighty-fifth (1905 to 2000) /$fJoan Koenig, Gail Newrock, Terry Grimes, Henry V. Oppermann 210 1$aGaithersburg, MD :$cU.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNIST special publication ;$v964 300 $a2001. 300 $aContributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. 300 $aTitle from PDF title page. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 517 $aIndex to the reports of the National Conference on Weights and Measures 700 $aKoenig$b Joan$01411757 701 $aGrimes$b Terry$01411758 701 $aKoenig$b Joan$01411757 701 $aNewrock$b Gail$01411759 701 $aOppermann$b H. V$01395141 712 02$aNational Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) 801 0$bNBS 801 1$bNBS 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910711169003321 996 $aIndex to the reports of the National Conference on Weights and Measures$93503686 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03233nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910438109403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-90792-5 010 $a1-4614-5363-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-5363-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278749 035 $a(EBL)1081904 035 $a(OCoLC)821216793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000799181 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11510622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000799181 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10754761 035 $a(PQKB)11579241 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5363-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1081904 035 $a(PPN)168302837 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278749 100 $a20120911d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe story of helium and the birth of astrophysics /$fBiman B. Nath 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer Science+Business Media, LLC$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 0$aAstronomers' universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-5362-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: The Unbearable Lightness of a 'Noble' Element -- Chapter 2: From Alchemy to Chemistry -- Chapter 3: From Chemistry to Stars -- Chapter 4: Father Secchi, the Priest Who Became an Astronomer -- Chapter 5: Jansse, A Traveling Scientist -- Chapter 6: Norman Lockyer, Clerk Turned Astronomer -- Chapter 7: James F. Tennant, Soldier Turned Astronomer -- Chapter 8: Guntur, the Small Town at the Center of Attention -- Chapter 9: The Perpetual Eclipse of 1868 -- Chapter 10: Lockyer and His Cosmic Hieroglyphics -- Chapter 11: The Ghost Element That Refused To Be Identified -- Chapter 12: Helium on Earth -- Chapter 13: The Folklore and Reality of the Discovery of Helium -- Index. 330 $aBiman Nath The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics Helium was the first element ever discovered by astronomers. Its presence was first indicated in the Sun and not on Earth. Further, its discovery marked the birth of the new science of astrophysics. However, it turns out that the events leading to the discovery of helium have been rather misrepresented in books, journals, and even encyclopedias. The usual story about its joint discovery during a solar eclipse in 1868 by French astronomer Pierre Janssen and late in England by Norman Lockyer, is far from the truth. Janssen never mentioned any new spectral line in his reports. The actual story turns out to be as dramatic as in fiction. This book tells the story without jargon, using the words of the scientists themselves (from their letters and reports), and rescues the real story from the backwaters of history. 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aAstrophysics$xHistory 615 0$aAstrophysics$xHistory. 676 $a523.0109 700 $aNath$b Biman B$0968596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438109403321 996 $aThe Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics$92200076 997 $aUNINA