About this title: This is a centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. The text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Under its founmder and first director, George Ellery Hale, Yerkes pioneered the new science of astrophysics. E.B. Frost, Hale's successor, allowed Yerkes to decline from 1904 to 1932, although it still trained rising young astronomers such as Edward Hubble. Finally, with the support of Robert M. Hutchins, ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago, Chicago
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780226639468ISBN:0226639460
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226639468ISBN:0226639460
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1999-05-15
ISBN-13:9780226639468ISBN:0226639460
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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