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The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding Our View of Planet Earth. A Meeting to Honor Woody Sullivan on His 60th Birthday.
Wayne . Ed(S): Orchiston
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Paperback. Editor(s): Orchiston, Wayne. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
This is an unusual book, combining as it does papers on astrobiology, history of astronomy and sundials, but—after all—Woody Sullivan is an unusual man. In late 2003 I spent two fruitful and enjoyable months in the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington (UW) working on archival material accumulated over the decades by Woody, for a book we will co-author with Jessica Chapman on the early development of Australian astronomy. The only serious intellectual distraction I faced during this period was planning for an IAU colloquium on transits of Venus scheduled for June 2004 in England, where I was down ... Read more
This is an unusual book, combining as it does papers on astrobiology, history of astronomy and sundials, but—after all—Woody Sullivan is an unusual man. In late 2003 I spent two fruitful and enjoyable months in the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington (UW) working on archival material accumulated over the decades by Woody, for a book we will co-author with Jessica Chapman on the early development of Australian astronomy. The only serious intellectual distraction I faced during this period was planning for an IAU colloquium on transits of Venus scheduled for June 2004 in England, where I was down ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048169429
SKU
V9789048169429
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