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Title: OORT AND THE UNIVERSE
A SKETCH OF OORT'S RESEARCH AND PERSON
By: Hugo van Woerden (Editor), W. N. Brouw (Editor), H. C. van de Hulst (Editor)
Format: Paperback

List price: £88.00


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ISBN 10: 9027712093
ISBN 13: 9789027712097
Publisher: SPRINGER
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Pages: 210
Synopsis: Jan H. Dort's work Ad:r>iaan Blaauw Meritus Emeritus Harry van der Laan 21 Jan Hendrik Dort and Dutch astronomy H. G. van Bueren 31 Dort's scientific importance on a world-wide scale Bengt Stromgren 39 Gart and international co-operation in astronomy D. H. Sadler 45 Reminiscences of the early nineteen-twenties Peter Van de Kamp 51 The first five years of Jan Dort at Leiden, Bart J. Bok 1924-1929 55 Early galactic structure Per Olof Lindblad 59 Early galactic radio astronomy at Kootwijk C. A. Muller 65 W. N. Christiansen Dort and his large radiotelescope 71 Ten years of discovery with Dort's Synthesis Radio Telescope R. J. Allen and R. D. Ekers 79 Gort's work on comets Maarten Schmidt 111 The evolution of ideas on the Crab Nebula L. WoUjer 117 Gort's work reflected in current studies of galactic CO W. B. Burton 123 On high-energy astrophysics V. L. Ginzburg 129 Dort and extragalactic astronomy Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge 141 Birthday wishes John A. and Janette Wheeler 151 The Earth and the Universe Abraham H. Oort 153 The challenge of Jan Dort J. H.Bannier 157 Jan Dort at the telescope Fjeda Walraven 161 Gart Westerhout Personal recollections 163 Style of research Henk van de Hulst 165 Manuscript Jan H.
Illustrations: biography
Publication: Netherlands
Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Returns: Non-returnable
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