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Northern Star - J.S. Plaskett (Hardcover)
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Northern Star - J.S. Plaskett (Hardcover)
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John Stanley Plaskett was Canada's pre-eminent astronomer in the
first half of the twentieth century. His legacy lives on in the
observatory he founded in Victoria, British Columbia, and the
reputation he built for Canada as a nation making vital
contributions to basic science. Plaskett's pioneering work with the
most massive stars and his definitive determination of the rotation
of the Milky Way Galaxy earned him international recognition of the
highest order. Northern Star explores Plaskett's unorthodox and
fascinating life from his rural roots near Woodstock, Ontario
through his days as a technician at the University of Toronto to
his initiation in astronomy at the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa.
His greatest achievements followed after he persuaded the
government of Canada, in spite of the strictures of the First World
War, to finance what was then the world's largest operational
telescope. Peter Broughton's accessible and engaging prose
illuminates Plaskett's numerous achievements and the social,
political, economic, and religious milieu surrounding them. This
richly illustrated volume invites readers to understand the pull
that Plaskett's passions, personality, and motivations exerted on
him during his lifetime.
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