The Legacy of J.C. Kapteyn
Subtitle: Studies on Kapteyn and the Development of Modern Astronomy (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)
Contributors: P. C. Van Der Kruit (Editor); Klaas Van Berkel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780792363934
Subjects: The Milky Way; Science; History; Astronomy; Scientists - General; History Of Astronomy; Influence; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Astronomy - General; Science / Astronomy; Kapteyn, J. C; 1851-1922; Netherlands; (Jacobus Cornelius),; 19th century; 20th century; Astronomers; Biography
First sentence: In the early 1970's the Kapteyn Laboratory moved from the building Broerstraat 7, next to the University Headquarters where it had been since the years of Kapteyn, to the campus now known as the Zernike Complex.