2000, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Henry Norris Russell : dean of American astronomers / David H. DeVorkin. DeVorkin, David H., 1944-

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Physical Description
  • xix, 499 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Published
  • Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2000.
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Henry Norris Russell : dean of American astronomers /​ David H. DeVorkin.
Author
  • DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
Published
  • Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2000.
Physical Description
  • xix, 499 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.
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Summary
  • "This book-length biography of the "Dean of American Astronomers" interweaves personal and scientific history to illuminate how Russell's privileged Presbyterian family background, his education at Princeton and Cambridge, and his personal inclinations and attachments both served and were at odds with his campaign to modernize astronomy. This book will be of interest not only to astronomers and historians (particularly those interested in the emergence of astrophysics), but to anyone interested in the process of disciplinary change."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents
  • Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Henry Norris Russell : dean of American astronomers /​ David H. DeVorkin.
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  • PREFACE xi
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
  • CHAPTER 1 Religious Heritage 3
  • CHAPTER 2 Russell at Princeton 21
  • CHAPTER 3 Graduate Years: Entering the Profession 39
  • CHAPTER 4 Postdoctoral Years at Cambridge 51
  • CHAPTER 5 Return to a New Princeton 68
  • CHAPTER 6 Parallaxes, Pedagogy, and the Lives of the Stars:
  • Russell's First Years on the Princeton Faculty 79
  • CHAPTER 7 Building a Life at Princeton 98
  • CHAPTER 8 Building a Case for Giants 106
  • CHAPTER 9 At the Theoretical Interface:
  • Defending His Theory 121
  • CHAPTER 10 Shifting Allegiance 138
  • CHAPTER 11 The Great War: Transformations 153
  • CHAPTER 12 Russell's Turn to Mount Wilson 166
  • CHAPTER 13 Rationalizing Stellar Spectra 177
  • CHAPTER 14 "A Reconnaissance of New Territory" 199
  • CHAPTER 15 Princeton Astronomy in the 1920s 221
  • CHAPTER 16 Stellar Evolution 236
  • CHAPTER 17 Binary Stars and the Formation
  • of the Solar System 257
  • CHAPTER 18 The Royal Road 273
  • CHAPTER 19 A Summer Place: The Lowell Observatory 292
  • CHAPTER 20 Influencing Institutions and
  • the Profession 309
  • CHAPTER 21 Astronomical Isolationism 327
  • CHAPTER 22 Searching for a Replacement 339
  • CHAPTER 23 Russell's Universe 361
  • Abbreviations And Archival Sources 373
  • Notes 377
  • Glossary Of Key Terms 449
  • Bibliography 451
  • Index 479
  • Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957, Astronomers United States Biography.
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0691049181 :
Dewey Number
  • 520/​.92
  • B
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