A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 by Kenneth R Lang

A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 by Kenneth R Lang

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A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 by Kenneth R Lang

In this volume readers can rediscover A.S. Eddington's elegant proof of the virial theorem for star clusters, Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky's 1932 proposal for the existence of neutron stars, and Thomas Gold's forecast of collapsed stars as radio sources. They can reread, in the words of the canyons, pulsars, interstellar hydrogen cosmic magnetic fields, quasars, and remnant background radiation of the primeval big bang.
Gingerich Owen :

Owen Gingerich is Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science, Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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ISBN 13 9780674366671
ISBN 10 0674366670
Title A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975
Author Kenneth R Lang
Series Source Books In The History Of The Sciences
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1979-02-05
Number of pages 942
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