The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hockey, Thomas (Editor), Trimble, Virginia (Editor), Williams, Thomas R. (Editor), Bracher, Katherine (Editor), Jarrell, Richard A. (Editor), Marché, Jordan D. (Editor), Ragep, F. Jamil (Editor), Palmeri, JoAnn (Editor), Bolt, Marvin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; History of Science.

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. The two volumes include approximately 1550 biographical sketches on astronomers from antiquity to modern times. It is the collective work of about 400 authors edited by an editorial b...