Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
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Page : 450 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Lewis Pyenson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,70 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004089846
Analyzes pure scientific research in the Dutch East Indies during the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of imperialist and colonial ideologies. The focus is on relations between the projects undertaken on the periphery and the institutions in the home country. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Wayne Orchiston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402037244
This is an unusual book, combining as it does papers on astrobiology, history of astronomy and sundials, but—after all—Woody Sullivan is an unusual man. In late 2003 I spent two fruitful and enjoyable months in the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington (UW) working on archival material accumulated over the decades by Woody, for a book we will co-author with Jessica Chapman on the early development of Australian astronomy. The only serious intellectual distraction I faced during this period was planning for an IAU colloquium on transits of Venus scheduled for June 2004 in England, where I was down to present the ‘Cook’ paper. I knew Woody was also interested in transits (and, indeed, anything remotely connected with shadows—see his paper on page 3), and in discussing the Preston meeting with him it transpired that his 60th birthday was timed to occur just one week later. This was where the seed of ‘Woodfest’ began to germinate. Why not invite friends and colleagues to join Woody in Seattle and celebrate this proud event? I put the idea to Woody and others at UW, they liked it, and ‘Woodfest’ was born.
Author : Sterrewacht Leiden
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Astronomy
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Author : National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
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Page : 268 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Engineering
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Author : B. Bertotti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 1990-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521372138
Modern cosmology aims to determine the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the Universe. This is an area of modern science that has engendered fierce debates which have captured public interest. This book recounts the development of modern cosmology, in chapters contributed by many of the leading protagonists. It is a fascinating account of physical and observational cosmology, the great cosmological debates, important observations and the riddle of dark matter. The enormous controversy surrounding the Big Bang theory is retold in personal recollections from H. Bondi, W. McCrea, and Fred Hoyle. This is followed by chapters on the discovery of cosmic radio waves and the contributions made by radio astronomers to current cosmology. The book concludes with a tribute to some of the pioneers of cosmology.
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Page : 806 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Eugene F. Milone
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1441980504
This book will bring together experts in the field of astronomical photometry to discuss how their subfields provide the precision and accuracy in astronomical energy flux measurements that are needed to permit tests of astrophysical theories. Differential photometers and photometry, improvements in infrared precision, the improvements in precision and accuracy of CCD photometry, the absolute calibration of flux, the development of the Johnson UBVRI photometric system and other passband systems to measure and precisely classify specific types of stars and astrophysical quantities, and the current capabilities of spectrophotometry, and polarimetry to provide precise and accurate data, will all be discussed in this volume. The discussion of `differential’ or `two-star’ photometers will include those developed for planetary as well as stellar photometry and will range from the Princeton polarizing photometer through the pioneering work of Walraven to the differential photometers designed to measure the ashen light of Venus and to counter the effects of aurorae at high latitude sites; the last to be discussed will be the Rapid Alternate Detection System (RADS) developed at the University of Calgary in the 1980s.
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Page : 934 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Nuclear energy
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