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- Presents a richly illustrated biography of one of the most influential astronomers of the 20th century
- Based on extensive archival studies, including documents in Dutch
- Written by a student of the subject, who wrote authoritative papers in similar areas of research
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 459)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development of our insight and a profound influence on the international organization and cooperation in his area of science and on the efforts and contribution of his native country.
This book aims at describing Oort's life and works in the context of the development of his branch of science and as a tribute to a great scientist in a broader sense. The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort from the Netherlands was founder of studies of the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way Galaxy, initiator of radioastronomy and the European Southern Observatory, and an important contributor to many areas of astronomy, from the study of comets to the universe on the largest scales.
Reviews
“Massive, expensive tomes bound mainly for libraries. … No doubt, it offers invaluable insights and documentation which will be welcomed by specialists.” (David H. DeVorkin, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 51 (3), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
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Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Pieter C. van der Kruit
About the author
His research concerns structure and dynamics of disks in galaxies. He has published over 160 papers, more than half as lead or sole author, contributed substantially to over 20 more, and authored or edited six books. In Groningen he taught introductory astronomy and advanced level courses on structure and dynamics of galaxies for many years, the latter also at a Saas-Fee winter school in Switzerland and in university curricula in Porto, Portugal, in Santiago, Chile and in Beijing, China. He is a former director of the Kapteyn Institute and has been a member and often chairman of numerous national and international boards and committees, notably President of Council of the European Southern Observatory and chairman of the Board for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array ALMA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jan Hendrik Oort
Book Subtitle: Master of the Galactic System
Authors: Pieter C. van der Kruit
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17801-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17800-0Published: 30 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17803-1Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17801-7Published: 16 July 2019
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 726
Number of Illustrations: 282 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics