Donald E. Osterbrock tells the story of Yerkes Observatory; built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big-science centers. Financed by robber baron Charles T. Yerkes,
Chronicles the twenty-year campaign to construct the massive telescope at Mount Palomar in California and the scientists, engineers, and builders who played vital roles in the project
This volume presents an original, synthesizing approach to the thermal physics of fluid continua based on a novel extension of Hamilton's principle which allows the free flow of entropy, independent
A unique collection of thirty experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology, each containing one or more challenges for the reader. The progression here is from the Earth outward through the
Discusses the astronomical influences on archaeological sites, looks at ruins in Europe and the Americas, and describes lines and standing stones thought to mark astronomical positions
Astronomy has never been a more popular pastime than it is today. The increased availability of less expensive, more powerful, and more sophisticated telescopes has given rise to a new generation of s
