ocm27066398, OCoLC, 2014-10-06, 921113s1993 azua b s001 0ceng, 92042704, , , 0816511993 (acid-free paper), 9780816511990 (acid-free paper), , , , , (OCoLC)27066398, , , DLC, eng, DLC, BAKER, NLGGC, BTCTA, YDXCP, OCLCG, ZWZ, GEBAY, OCLCQ, BDX, PSM, GBVCP, OCLCA, , , n-us---, , , QB 36, R39 O88 1993, 0, 0, QB 36, P4476, Osterbrock, Donald,, , , Pauper & prince :, Ritchey, Hale, & big American telescopes /, Donald E. Osterbrock., 1, 0, Tucson :, University of Arizona Press,, 1993., , , Tucson :, University of Arizona Press,, 1993., xv, 359 p. :, ill. ;, 25 cm., , , Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-346) and index., , , 1. Ohio and Indiana: 1864-1891 -- 2. Kenwood Observatory: 1868-1896 -- 3. Yerkes Observatory: 1897-1904 -- 4. Mount Wilson Success: 1905-1908 -- 5. Mount Wilson Problems: 1909-1914 -- 6. Mount Wilson Failure: 1914-1919 -- 7. Azusa: 1919-1924 -- 8. Paris: 1924-1930 -- 9. Pasadena and Palomar: 1919-1931 -- 10. Miami and Washington: 1930-1936 -- 11. Southern California: 1932-1945 -- Appendix: Reflecting Telescopes -- Papers, Books, and Articles by George Willis Ritchey, 0, , George Willis Ritchey was the builder of the first large, successful American reflecting telescopes. A telescope designer who perfected the methods for making astronomical mirrors and a master of celestial photography, Ritchey worked closely with George Ellery Hale, the phenomenal fund-raiser and organizer of observatories. Mount Wilson Observatory stands today as a monument to their collaboration, yet their very success led to tension, estrangement, and finally to Ritchey's dismissal and banishment by Hale. Scientists and historians today know of Ritchey only through the reports of Hale and Walter S. Adams, Hales's successor as director at Mount Wilson. We associate Ritchey with the Ritchey-Chretien system, used in almost all large reflecting telescopes today, with the 60-inch Mount Wilson telescope, and with the 100-inch Mount Wilson mirror, but we know little about his life and career. Yet today's large telescopes have demonstrated the validity of many of Ritchey's predictions, which seemed fantastic to most of the astronomers of his day. Astronomical historian Donald Osterbrock now tells Ritchey's story, tracing his career and revealing its complex interrelationships with Hale's. Drawing on letters preserved in astronomical archives and on interviews with individuals who knew Ritchey personally, Osterbrock's book reveals the impact of human pride, ambition, and character on the development of scientific knowledge and technology. It also treats the telescope-building aspects of Hale's life at Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar observatories, and shows how the relationship among these men helped the United States take the lead in developing major astronomical facilities., , , Modern Book, , , ML1843, , , Ritchey, G. W., Hale, George Ellery,, 1864-, 1868-1938., 1, 1, 0, 0, (George Willis),, Astronomy, Telescopes, Astronomers, , , , 0, 0, 0, Biography., History., Design and construction, History., United States, United States, Pauper and prince., 0, , Osterbrock, Donald E., Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1993, Online version:, 0, 8, Pauper & prince., (OCoLC)624148407, Inhaltsverzeichnis, 4, 2, http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780816511990.pdf, Baker & Taylor, BKTY, 50.00, 50.00, 0816511993, , , 0002226258, active, HELD BY AP$ - 294 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a27066398zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummarytContentsu20130606, a134099238zRBNbBROWN UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100727, a176265899zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100625, a368186831zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRdURIhFulliLCCkDDCu20130129, a154367424zMDAVPbAMERICAN INST OF PHYSICShFullu20100728, a189183640zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhFulliLCCkDDCu20100722, a127553378zIPSbINSTITUTE FOR ADV STUDY LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100716, aZ0bAP$, QB36 .R39 O88 1993
