Astronomy at the Turn of the Twentieth Century in Chile and the United States Chasing Southern Stars, 1903-1929 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Silva, Bárbara K. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Θέματα: History.; America-History.; Civilization-History.; World history.; History of Science.; History of the Americas.; Cultural History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.

This Palgrave Pivot tells the transnational story of the astronomical observatory in the hills near Santiago, Chile, built in the early twentieth century through the efforts of astronomers from the Lick Observatory in California. Venturing abroad to learn from largely unmapped Southern skies and, ho...