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This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and
triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the
foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century. The book puts
into context some of Oort's most significant achievements,
including his discovery that the Milky Way rotates, as well as his
famous hypothesis that our Solar System is surrounded by a
reservoir of comets - now simply known as the Oort Cloud. Written
by Oort's former student, this fascinating story also delves into
Oort's pivotal role in the foundation of major astronomical
facilities, including radio telescopes in the Netherlands and the
European Southern Observatory (ESO), which now operates the most
successful astronomical observatories in the world. The book draws
extensively on new archival research through the Oort Archives,
along with personal reminiscences by Oort's son and
astronomer-grandson, to paint a more detailed picture of Oort's
life not just as an astronomer, but also as a husband, father, and
citizen. The strong public interest in comets triggered by the
Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the recently
discovered interstellar comet in the Solar System make this book
particularly timely.
This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and
triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the
foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century. The book puts
into context some of Oort's most significant achievements,
including his discovery that the Milky Way rotates, as well as his
famous hypothesis that our Solar System is surrounded by a
reservoir of comets - now simply known as the Oort Cloud. Written
by Oort's former student, this fascinating story also delves into
Oort's pivotal role in the foundation of major astronomical
facilities, including radio telescopes in the Netherlands and the
European Southern Observatory (ESO), which now operates the most
successful astronomical observatories in the world. The book draws
extensively on new archival research through the Oort Archives,
along with personal reminiscences by Oort's son and
astronomer-grandson, to paint a more detailed picture of Oort's
life not just as an astronomer, but also as a husband, father, and
citizen. The strong public interest in comets triggered by the
Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the recently
discovered interstellar comet in the Solar System make this book
particularly timely.
Introduction.- Boarding School and University.- Astronomy Around
1875.- Astronomer and Professor.- Almost Half a Million Stars.-
Laboratory and Statistical Astronomy.- Star Streams.- In the mean
time in Groningen.- Mount Wilson.- Statistics and other matters.-
First Attempt: the Kapetyn Universe.- Coda.
Introduction.- Boarding School and University.- Astronomy Around
1875.- Astronomer and Professor.- Almost Half a Million Stars.-
Laboratory and Statistical Astronomy.- Star Streams.- In the mean
time in Groningen.- Mount Wilson.- Statistics and other matters.-
First Attempt: the Kapetyn Universe.- Coda.
This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the
giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His
fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development
of our insight and a profound influence on the international
organization and cooperation in his area of science and on the
efforts and contribution of his native country. This book aims at
describing Oort's life and works in the context of the development
of his branch of science and as a tribute to a great scientist in a
broader sense. The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort from the Netherlands
was founder of studies of the structure and dynamics of the Milky
Way Galaxy, initiator of radioastronomy and the European Southern
Observatory, and an important contributor to many areas of
astronomy, from the study of comets to the universe on the largest
scales.
This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the
giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His
fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development
of our insight and a profound influence on the international
organization and cooperation in his area of science and on the
efforts and contribution of his native country. This book aims at
describing Oort's life and works in the context of the development
of his branch of science and as a tribute to a great scientist in a
broader sense. The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort from the Netherlands
was founder of studies of the structure and dynamics of the Milky
Way Galaxy, initiator of radioastronomy and the European Southern
Observatory, and an important contributor to many areas of
astronomy, from the study of comets to the universe on the largest
scales.
Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who
contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as
the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen
Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration
through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contributed to the
establishment of statistical astronomy and structure and dynamics
of the Sidereal System. All aspects of Kapteyn's life are
discussed, from his birth in Barneveld, the Netherlands, to his
death in Amsterdam, and his entire resume of scientific
achievements in between. Kapteyn had some conflicts with others in
his field, especially after the world became divided on how to
handle scientific contributions from Germany post-World War I. Both
Kapteyn's struggles and achievements are written against the
backdrop of both the historical context of the world at that time
as well as the scientific one.
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