Astronomy [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Helicon, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 520.904 |
Collana | Hutchinson trends in science |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Astronomy Astronomy - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-75862-7
9786610758623 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
"" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Astronomy""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: astronomy in the 20th century""; ""introduction""; ""tools of the astronomer""; ""radio astronomy""; ""other astronomies""; ""rise of planetary science""; ""Sun and the stars""; ""galaxies""; ""cosmology""; ""recent and forthcoming advances""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Alpher, Ralph Asher (1921-)""; ""Baade, (Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter (1893-1960)""; ""Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)""; ""Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943-)""; ""life""
""the discovery of pulsars""""Bok, Bart J(an) (1906-1983)""; ""Bondi, Hermann (1919-2005)""; ""Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)""; ""Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916-2002)""; ""Burbidge, (Eleanor) Margaret (1919-)""; ""born Margaret Peachey""; ""Burbidge, Geoffrey (1925-)""; ""Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)""; ""Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)""; ""De Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri (1918-1995)""; ""Dicke, Robert Henry (1916-1997)""; ""Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)""; ""Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)""; ""nuclear synthesis in stars""; ""life"" ""calculating helium abundance""""Gamow, George (1904-1968)""; ""born Georgi Antonovich Gamow""; ""life""; ""radioactive decay""; ""hot Big Bang""; ""DNA""; ""Giacconi, Riccardo (1931-)""; ""Gold, Thomas (1920-)""; ""Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)""; ""Hawking, Stephen (William) (1942-)""; ""Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)""; ""Hewish, Antony (1924-)""; ""Hey, James Stanley (1909-2000)""; ""Hoyle, Fred(erick) (1915-2001)""; ""Hubble, Edwin (Powell) (1889-1953)""; ""Hulst, van de, Hendrik Christoffel (1918-2000)""; ""Humason, Milton Lasell (1891-1972)"" ""Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-1950)""""Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1906-1966)""; ""Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)""; ""Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868-1921)""; ""Lemaître, Georges Edouard (1894-1966)""; ""Lovell, (Alfred Charles) Bernard (1913-)""; ""Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)""; ""Lynden-Bell, Donald (1935-)""; ""Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira (1866-1952)""; ""Minkowski, Rudolph Leo (1895-1976)""; ""Moore, Patrick (Alfred Caldwell) (1923-)""; ""Neugebauer, Gerry (1932-)""; ""born Gerald Neugebauer""; ""Oort, Jan Hendrik (1900-1992)"" ""Slipher, Vesto Melvin (1875-1969)"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451192703321 |
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Astronomy [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Helicon, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 520.904 |
Collana | Hutchinson trends in science |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Astronomy Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-280-75862-7
9786610758623 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
"" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Astronomy""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: astronomy in the 20th century""; ""introduction""; ""tools of the astronomer""; ""radio astronomy""; ""other astronomies""; ""rise of planetary science""; ""Sun and the stars""; ""galaxies""; ""cosmology""; ""recent and forthcoming advances""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Alpher, Ralph Asher (1921-)""; ""Baade, (Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter (1893-1960)""; ""Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)""; ""Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943-)""; ""life""
""the discovery of pulsars""""Bok, Bart J(an) (1906-1983)""; ""Bondi, Hermann (1919-2005)""; ""Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)""; ""Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916-2002)""; ""Burbidge, (Eleanor) Margaret (1919-)""; ""born Margaret Peachey""; ""Burbidge, Geoffrey (1925-)""; ""Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)""; ""Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)""; ""De Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri (1918-1995)""; ""Dicke, Robert Henry (1916-1997)""; ""Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)""; ""Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)""; ""nuclear synthesis in stars""; ""life"" ""calculating helium abundance""""Gamow, George (1904-1968)""; ""born Georgi Antonovich Gamow""; ""life""; ""radioactive decay""; ""hot Big Bang""; ""DNA""; ""Giacconi, Riccardo (1931-)""; ""Gold, Thomas (1920-)""; ""Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)""; ""Hawking, Stephen (William) (1942-)""; ""Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)""; ""Hewish, Antony (1924-)""; ""Hey, James Stanley (1909-2000)""; ""Hoyle, Fred(erick) (1915-2001)""; ""Hubble, Edwin (Powell) (1889-1953)""; ""Hulst, van de, Hendrik Christoffel (1918-2000)""; ""Humason, Milton Lasell (1891-1972)"" ""Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-1950)""""Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1906-1966)""; ""Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)""; ""Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868-1921)""; ""Lemaître, Georges Edouard (1894-1966)""; ""Lovell, (Alfred Charles) Bernard (1913-)""; ""Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)""; ""Lynden-Bell, Donald (1935-)""; ""Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira (1866-1952)""; ""Minkowski, Rudolph Leo (1895-1976)""; ""Moore, Patrick (Alfred Caldwell) (1923-)""; ""Neugebauer, Gerry (1932-)""; ""born Gerald Neugebauer""; ""Oort, Jan Hendrik (1900-1992)"" ""Slipher, Vesto Melvin (1875-1969)"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784075403321 |
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Astronomy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon, : Helicon, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 520.904 |
Collana | Hutchinson trends in science |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Astronomy Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-280-75862-7
9786610758623 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
"" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Astronomy""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: astronomy in the 20th century""; ""introduction""; ""tools of the astronomer""; ""radio astronomy""; ""other astronomies""; ""rise of planetary science""; ""Sun and the stars""; ""galaxies""; ""cosmology""; ""recent and forthcoming advances""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Alpher, Ralph Asher (1921-)""; ""Baade, (Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter (1893-1960)""; ""Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)""; ""Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943-)""; ""life""
""the discovery of pulsars""""Bok, Bart J(an) (1906-1983)""; ""Bondi, Hermann (1919-2005)""; ""Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)""; ""Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916-2002)""; ""Burbidge, (Eleanor) Margaret (1919-)""; ""born Margaret Peachey""; ""Burbidge, Geoffrey (1925-)""; ""Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)""; ""Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)""; ""De Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri (1918-1995)""; ""Dicke, Robert Henry (1916-1997)""; ""Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)""; ""Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)""; ""nuclear synthesis in stars""; ""life"" ""calculating helium abundance""""Gamow, George (1904-1968)""; ""born Georgi Antonovich Gamow""; ""life""; ""radioactive decay""; ""hot Big Bang""; ""DNA""; ""Giacconi, Riccardo (1931-)""; ""Gold, Thomas (1920-)""; ""Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)""; ""Hawking, Stephen (William) (1942-)""; ""Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)""; ""Hewish, Antony (1924-)""; ""Hey, James Stanley (1909-2000)""; ""Hoyle, Fred(erick) (1915-2001)""; ""Hubble, Edwin (Powell) (1889-1953)""; ""Hulst, van de, Hendrik Christoffel (1918-2000)""; ""Humason, Milton Lasell (1891-1972)"" ""Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-1950)""""Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1906-1966)""; ""Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)""; ""Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868-1921)""; ""Lemaître, Georges Edouard (1894-1966)""; ""Lovell, (Alfred Charles) Bernard (1913-)""; ""Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)""; ""Lynden-Bell, Donald (1935-)""; ""Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira (1866-1952)""; ""Minkowski, Rudolph Leo (1895-1976)""; ""Moore, Patrick (Alfred Caldwell) (1923-)""; ""Neugebauer, Gerry (1932-)""; ""born Gerald Neugebauer""; ""Oort, Jan Hendrik (1900-1992)"" ""Slipher, Vesto Melvin (1875-1969)"" |
Altri titoli varianti |
Astronomy
Trends in science |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826468203321 |
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Einstein's jury : the race to test relativity / / Jeffrey Crelinsten |
Autore | Crelinsten Jeffrey |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Relativity (Physics)
Astrophysics - History - 20th century Physics - History - 20th century Astronomy - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-691-17107-6
1-4008-4967-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTATION CONVENTION FOR ANGULAR MEASURE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: 1905-1911 Early Encounters with Relativity -- CHAPTER ONE. Einstein and the World Community of Physicists and Astronomers -- CHAPTER TWO. Astronomers and Special Relativity: The First Publications -- PART TWO: 1911-1919 Astronomers Encounter Einstein -- CHAPTER THREE. The Early Involvement, 1911-1914 -- CHAPTER FOUR. The War Period, 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER FIVE. 1919: A Year of Dramatic Announcement -- CHAPTER SIX. Men of Science Agog -- PART THREE: 1920-1925 Astronomers Put Einstein to the Test -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Tackling the Solar Redshift Problem -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Eclipse Testing -- CHAPTER NINE. Emergence of the Critics -- CHAPTER TEN. The Debate Intensifies -- PART FOUR: 1925-1930 Final Acceptance -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Relativity Triumphs -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Silencing the Critics -- EPILOGUE. The Emergence of Relativistic Cosmology -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453082203321 |
Crelinsten Jeffrey
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Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Einstein's jury : the race to test relativity / / Jeffrey Crelinsten |
Autore | Crelinsten Jeffrey |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Relativity (Physics)
Astrophysics - History - 20th century Physics - History - 20th century Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-691-17107-6
1-4008-4967-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTATION CONVENTION FOR ANGULAR MEASURE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: 1905-1911 Early Encounters with Relativity -- CHAPTER ONE. Einstein and the World Community of Physicists and Astronomers -- CHAPTER TWO. Astronomers and Special Relativity: The First Publications -- PART TWO: 1911-1919 Astronomers Encounter Einstein -- CHAPTER THREE. The Early Involvement, 1911-1914 -- CHAPTER FOUR. The War Period, 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER FIVE. 1919: A Year of Dramatic Announcement -- CHAPTER SIX. Men of Science Agog -- PART THREE: 1920-1925 Astronomers Put Einstein to the Test -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Tackling the Solar Redshift Problem -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Eclipse Testing -- CHAPTER NINE. Emergence of the Critics -- CHAPTER TEN. The Debate Intensifies -- PART FOUR: 1925-1930 Final Acceptance -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Relativity Triumphs -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Silencing the Critics -- EPILOGUE. The Emergence of Relativistic Cosmology -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790630503321 |
Crelinsten Jeffrey
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Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Einstein's jury : the race to test relativity / / Jeffrey Crelinsten |
Autore | Crelinsten Jeffrey |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Relativity (Physics)
Astrophysics - History - 20th century Physics - History - 20th century Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-691-17107-6
1-4008-4967-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTATION CONVENTION FOR ANGULAR MEASURE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: 1905-1911 Early Encounters with Relativity -- CHAPTER ONE. Einstein and the World Community of Physicists and Astronomers -- CHAPTER TWO. Astronomers and Special Relativity: The First Publications -- PART TWO: 1911-1919 Astronomers Encounter Einstein -- CHAPTER THREE. The Early Involvement, 1911-1914 -- CHAPTER FOUR. The War Period, 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER FIVE. 1919: A Year of Dramatic Announcement -- CHAPTER SIX. Men of Science Agog -- PART THREE: 1920-1925 Astronomers Put Einstein to the Test -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Tackling the Solar Redshift Problem -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Eclipse Testing -- CHAPTER NINE. Emergence of the Critics -- CHAPTER TEN. The Debate Intensifies -- PART FOUR: 1925-1930 Final Acceptance -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Relativity Triumphs -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Silencing the Critics -- EPILOGUE. The Emergence of Relativistic Cosmology -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807094603321 |
Crelinsten Jeffrey
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Observatories and telescopes of modern times : ground-based optical and radio astronomy facilities since 1945 / / David Leverington [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Leverington David <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 490 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 522/.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomical observatories
Radio astronomy observatories Observatories Telescopes Radio telescopes Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-316-84142-1
1-316-84220-7 1-316-84233-9 1-316-84246-0 1-139-05150-4 1-316-84259-2 1-316-84298-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154624003321 |
Leverington David <1941->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 | ||
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L'univers devoile : une histoire de l'astronomie de 1910 a aujourd'hui / / James Lequeux |
Autore | Lequeux James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Les Ulis, : EDP sciences, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
Disciplina | 520.9 |
Collana | Sciences & histoire |
Soggetto topico | Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-280-96110-4
9786610961108 1-4237-4487-X 2-7598-0211-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Nota di contenuto |
Sommaire; Avant-propos; Chapitre 1 : 1910-1950, les débuts de l'astronomie contemporaine. Physique et astronomie, l'ère des grands télescopes; Chapitre 2 : 1950-1970, nouveaux domaines, nouveaux objets; Chapitre 3 : 1970-1980, l'ère de l'espace et des ordinateurs; Chapitre 4 : 1980-1990, une période de transition; Chapitre 5 : Après 1990, la course au gigantisme; Chapitre 6 : Une vue contemporaine de l'Univers. I. Du Système solaire à la Galaxie; Chapitre 7 : Une vue contemporaine de l'Univers. II. Astronomie extragalactique et cosmologie
Chapitre 8 : Que pourrait être l'astronomie de demain ?Appendice 1 : Petite histoire de l'interférométrie en France; Appendice 2 : L'optique gravitationnelle; Notes bibliographiques; Sigles; Glossaire; Bibliographie; Index; Liste des crédits; Dans la même collection; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826866103321 |
Lequeux James
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L'univers dévoil [[electronic resource] ] : une histoire de l'astronomie de 1910 à aujourd'hui / / James Lequeux |
Autore | Lequeux James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Les Ulis, : EDP sciences, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
Disciplina | 520.9 |
Collana | Sciences & histoire |
Soggetto topico | Astronomy - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-280-96110-4
9786610961108 1-4237-4487-X 2-7598-0211-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Nota di contenuto |
Sommaire; Avant-propos; Chapitre 1 : 1910-1950, les débuts de l'astronomie contemporaine. Physique et astronomie, l'ère des grands télescopes; Chapitre 2 : 1950-1970, nouveaux domaines, nouveaux objets; Chapitre 3 : 1970-1980, l'ère de l'espace et des ordinateurs; Chapitre 4 : 1980-1990, une période de transition; Chapitre 5 : Après 1990, la course au gigantisme; Chapitre 6 : Une vue contemporaine de l'Univers. I. Du Système solaire à la Galaxie; Chapitre 7 : Une vue contemporaine de l'Univers. II. Astronomie extragalactique et cosmologie
Chapitre 8 : Que pourrait être l'astronomie de demain ?Appendice 1 : Petite histoire de l'interférométrie en France; Appendice 2 : L'optique gravitationnelle; Notes bibliographiques; Sigles; Glossaire; Bibliographie; Index; Liste des crédits; Dans la même collection; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784295203321 |
Lequeux James
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Les Ulis, : EDP sciences, c2005 | ||
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