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Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
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Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 139
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My interest in the history of the Struve family is long-standing
but lay dormant until 1972, when I found myself organizing a
symposium of the International Astronomical Union in memory of the
second Otto Struve. To satisfy my own curiosity, I investigated the
precise relationships of the famous astronomers in the family and
published an account of them, based mainly on secondary sources.
The exercise made me a ware that there was no biography in English
of the first and probably still the greatest astronomer in the clan
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve. Wilhelm's son, the first Otto,
wrote an account (in German) of his father's life, intended
primarily for family and close friends and --though printed-- not
generally available. Through the kindness of a family member I have
a copy from which I have been able to work. The Soviet historian of
science, Z. K. Sokolovskaya, wrote a biography in Russian, in 1964,
to mark the centenary of Wilhelm's death. This had a limited
edition, and my efforts to obtain a copy failed. Neither work has,
in its entirety, been translated into English, although Michael Meo
of Oakland, California, and Kevin Krisciunas of Hilo, Hawaii, have
kindly made available to me their unpublished translations of some
sections of the latter. In the of a complete copy, however, when I
decided to attempt an English absence language biography, I thought
it best to do so independently of Sokolovskaya's."
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Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 139 |
Release date: |
October 2011 |
First published: |
1988 |
Authors: |
A. H Batten
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
259 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9401077989 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
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LSN: |
9401077983 |
Barcode: |
9789401077989 |
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