Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn Born Investigator of the Heavens /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: van der Kruit, Pieter C. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 416
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Growing up in Barneveld
• Chapter 2: Studies in Utrecht
• Chapter 3: Astronomer in Leiden
• Chapter 4: Professor in Groningen
• Chapter 5: From Kepler to Parallax
• Chapter 6: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
• Chapter 7: An Astronomical Laboratory
• Chapter 8: Colors and Motions
• Chapter 9: Star Streams
• Chapter 10: Selected Areas
• Chapter 11: Extinction
• Chapter 12: Students
• Chapter 13: Mount Wilson
• Chapter 14: Tides, Statistics and the Art of Discovery
• Chapter 15: First Attempt
• Chapter 16: Finale
• Appendices
• Notes and References
• Index.