Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn Born Investigator of the Heavens /

• Main Author: van der Kruit, Pieter C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 416
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contribu...