Download or read book Eye on the Sky written by Donald E. Osterbrock and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. A dedicated Confederate naval officer and his jack-of-all-trades foreman used the bequest of a miserly California eccentric to transform an isolated mountain peak into the world's premier research observatory. Its first staff included a director from West Point and three of the outstanding astronomers of their time. Since its dedication in 1888, Lick Observatory has been the site of many of the most important discoveries in astronomy. Eye on the Sky presents Lick Observatory from the point of view of the people who breathed life into its giant telescopes. Their community was both constant and constantly transformed, shaped by workers famous and unknown who made it their home. The authors also explain in terms anyone can understand the laboratory advances that were adapted to telescopes to make them more powerful, and the conceptual breakthroughs that discoveries at the telescope helped bring about. The men and women who went to the top of Mount Hamilton in search of greater knowledge of the skies helped to change our conception of the universe and our place in it . They were people with personal and political lives as well as scientific careers, and their story illuminates a time and a place where foundations were laid for the discoveries of the next century.
Download or read book The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator written by Tobias Ostrander and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator written by Tobias Ostrander and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A brief account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California prep by Edward S Holden Dir of the Observ written by Edward S. Holden and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator written by Tobias Ostrander and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lick Observatory Bulletins written by Lick Observatory and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PLANETARIUM ASTRONOMICAL CAL written by Tobias Ostrander and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Hand book of the Lick Observatory of the University of California written by Edward Singleton Holden and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California written by Lick Observatory and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publications of the Lick Observatory of the University of California written by Lick Observatory and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California written by William Wallace Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator written by Tobias Ostrander and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Lick Observatory of the University of California written by Lick Observatory. Library and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Story of the Alexander F Morrison Planetarium written by California Academy of Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
