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Paperback / softback. New. A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs.
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Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950: The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution Paperback - 1999
by Donald E. Osterbrock
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Yerkes Observatory began on October 7, 1892, a fine autumn day in Chicago.
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- Title Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950: The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution
- Author Donald E. Osterbrock
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Unabridged
- Pages 394
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 1999-05-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780226639468 / 0226639460
- Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.94 x 0.96 in (22.61 x 15.09 x 2.44 cm)
- Reading level 1520
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96025450
- Dewey Decimal Code 522.197
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