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: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521524803ISBN:0521524806
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780521265829ISBN:0521265827
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
ISBN-13:9780521524803ISBN:0521524806
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
ISBN-13:9780521524803ISBN:0521524806
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