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Richard Taibi - Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science - 9783319445175 - V9783319445175
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Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science

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Description for Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science hardcover. Series: Springer Biographies. Num Pages: 497 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGT; PDX; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 955.

This fascinating portrait of an amateur astronomy movement tells the story of how Charles Olivier recruited a hard-working cadre of citizen scientists to rehabilitate the study of meteors. By 1936, Olivier and members of his American Meteor Society had succeeded in disproving an erroneous idea about meteor showers. Using careful observations, they restored the public’s trust in predictions about periodic showers and renewed respect for meteor astronomy among professional astronomers in the United States. Charles Olivier and his society of observers who were passionate about watching for meteors in the night sky left a major impact on the field.

In addition to describing Olivier’s career and describing ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
497
Condition
New
Series
Springer Biographies
Number of Pages
497
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319445175
SKU
V9783319445175
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Richard Taibi
Taibi is a retired clinical and forensic psychologist who has been an amateur astronomer for 58 years. In the last 32 years he has specialized in recording and reporting (almost 10,000) meteor observations to national (American Meteor Society) and international (International Meteor Organization) meteor databases. He has published two astronomers’ biographies (one is Charles P. Olivier in Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, vol.2 and ... Read more

Reviews for Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science
“C.P. Olivier is a famous name in the annals of meteor astronomy, and it is a pleasure to learn more about him … . Each chapter is complete with extensive footnotes (some of which even extend for more than half a page), and at the end a list of references. So we have much to thank Richard Taibi for in ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science


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