About this title: This is the biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), a distinguished pioneer of astrophysics, the application of the methods of physics to understanding the nature of the stars, nebulae, planets, comets, and other objects that populate the universe. Keeler was an outstanding scientist, and his fellow astronomers and physicists at the end of the nineteenth century considered him the leading astronomical spectroscopist of his generation. His career was closely linked with that of George Ellery Hale, founder of Yerkes Observatory. Keeler himself was the first astronomer at Lick Observatory, and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780521265829ISBN:0521265827
Description: Fair. 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches. Inscribed by Osterbrock on first page. Text unmarked. Book shows some surface and edgewear to covers. One surface scratch/scrape across spine. Remainder dot to lower edge of pages. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
ISBN-13:9780521524803ISBN:0521524806
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
ISBN-13:9780521524803ISBN:0521524806
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