The immortal fire within: the life and work of Edward Emerson Barnard
1996; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 08 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.33-4479
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)History and Developments in Astronomy
ResumoPreface Key to abbreviations in notes 1. Through rugged ways 2. Ardent and faithful work with a telescope 3. Mars his moons and his heavens 4. A seeker of comets 5. Vanderbilt astronomer 6. In the realm of the nebulae 7. Go west, young man! 8. Hanging fire 9. On Mt. Hamilton 10. A year of wonders 11. The young rebel 12. 'I am tired here' 13. Immortality 14. Travels and travails 15. Barnard and Mars 16. Nature's true artisan 17. A tide in his affairs 18. Yerkes observatory 19. Disappointments and triumphs 20. The comet and Milky Way photographs 21. Comet tales 22. Observer of all that shines - or obscures 23. Eclipse and decline 24. Ad astra Index.
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