Explorer of the Universe: A Biography of George Ellery Hale: 14 (History of Modern Physics and Astronomy, 14) - Hardcover

Wright, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563962497 ISBN 13: 9781563962493

Verlag: American Institute of Physics, 1994

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A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astronomer George Ellery Hale, who laid much of the foundation of modern astrophysics and observational cosmology. He's best known for the planning and building of the 200-inch Hale Telescope of the Palomar Mountain Observatory. This book features a new introduction by Allan Sandage and an index not included in the original work. Since the history of astrophysics is mostly undocumented, this work provides a rare look at Hale's scientific achievements: his invention of the spectroheliograph, his discovery of the magnetic nature of sunspots, and his legendary leadership in founding the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Mountain Observatories.

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George Ellery Hale is best known for the planning and building of the 200 inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory. This text provides a biography of this astronomer who was responsible for laying a large amount of the foundations of modern astrophysics and observational astronomy. It examines Hale's scientific achievements, including his invention of the spectroheliograph, his discovery of the magnetic nature of sunspots, and his part in the founding of the Yerkes, Mount Wilson and Palomar Mountain Observatories. This biography should be of interest to astronomers, astrophysicists, historians of physics and astronomy, and amateur astronomers.

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• Verlag: American Institute of Physics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1563962497
• ISBN 13: 9781563962493
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 532
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