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Oort and the Universe

A Sketch of Oort’s Research and Person

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Hugo Woerden

    1. Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, Netherlands

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  2. Willem N. Brouw

    1. Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, Netherlands

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  3. Henk C. Hulst

    1. Leiden Observatory, Netherlands

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Jam H. Oort’s Work

    • Adriaan Blaauw
    Pages 1-19

  3. Meritus Emeritus

    • Harry van der Laan
    Pages 21-29

  4. Jan Hendrik Oort and Dutch Astronomy

    • H. G. van Bueren
    Pages 31-37

  5. Oort’s Scientific Importance on a World-Wide Scale

    • Bengt Strömgren
    Pages 39-44

  6. Oort and International Co-Operation in Astronomy

    • D. H. Sadler
    Pages 45-50

  7. Reminiscences of the Early Nineteen-Twenties

    • Peter van de Kamp
    Pages 51-54

  8. The First Five Years of Jan Oort at Leiden, 1924 to 1929

    • Bart J. Bok
    Pages 55-58

  9. Early Galactic Structure

    • Per Olof Lindblad
    Pages 59-64

  10. Early Galactic Radio Astronomy at Kootwijk

    • C. A. Muller
    Pages 65-70

  11. Oort and his Large Radiotelescope

    • W. N. Christiansen
    Pages 71-78

  12. Ten Years of Discovery with Oort’s Synthesis Radio Telescope

    • R. J. Allen, R. D. Ekers
    Pages 79-110

  13. Oort’s Work on Comets

    • Maarten Schmidt
    Pages 111-115

  14. The Evolution of Ideas on the Crab Nebula

    • L. Woltjer
    Pages 117-122

  15. Oort’s Work Reflected in Current Studies of Galactic CO

    • W. B. Burton
    Pages 123-128

  16. On High-Energy Astrophysics

    • V. L. Ginzburg
    Pages 129-140

  17. Oort and Extragalactic Astronomy

    • Margaret Burbidge, Geoffrey Burbidge
    Pages 141-150

  18. Birthday Wishes

    • Hugo van Woerden, Willem N. Brouw, Henk C. van de Hulst
    Pages 151-151

  19. The Earth and the Universe

    • Abraham H. Oort
    Pages 153-156

  20. The Challenge of Jan Oort

    • J. H. Bannier
    Pages 157-160
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, Netherlands

    Hugo Woerden

  • Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, Netherlands

    Willem N. Brouw

  • Leiden Observatory, Netherlands

    Henk C. Hulst

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oort and the Universe

  • Book Subtitle: A Sketch of Oort’s Research and Person

  • Editors: Hugo Woerden, Willem N. Brouw, Henk C. Hulst

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9113-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1180-9Published: 30 September 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1209-7Published: 30 September 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9113-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 210

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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