Charles Olivier and the rise of meteor science. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Taibi.
• Other Names: Taibi, Richard
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Abbreviations; Introduction; Some Background: Meteors, Comets, and Their Orbits; Olivier and Meteor Astronomy 1884-1936; 1 Virginia; Fortunes of War and Peace; Charles William Pollard; George Wythe Olivier; Katharine Roy Pollard Olivier; George Olivier's Career After the War; The Lost Cause Psychology; Virginia's Astronomer; Ormond Stone and Gravitational Astronomy; Classical Astronomy; Classical Astronomy as a Scientific Style; Some of Ormond Stone's Accomplishments; Educator and Mentor of Future Prominent Men. Virginia's Leander McCormick ObservatoryYoung Charles; Life in Charlottesville Circa 1890; First Meteor Watch; The 1899 Leonid Meteor Shower; Leonids and Other Meteor Showers; The 1899 Leonid Shower; Postmortem; Damage to Public's Trust in Professional Astronomy; Portrait of the Young Man as an Astronomer; A Research Plan Conceived in High School; Astronomical Activities in High School; Astronomical Work During Undergraduate School; Graduate School Years 1905-1908; A Second Solar Eclipse; Life on Mt. Jefferson; Director Stone's Final Years; Astronomical Work; Master of Arts in Astronomy. Sojourn at Lick ObservatoryAssigned Duty: Comet Photography; Double Stars; Mira; Meteors; Summary of a Hectic Internship; Sad News; Doctor of Philosophy; Nature of an Orbit; Charting the Sky Position of a Meteor Shower Radiant Is More Difficult Than Charting a Comet's; A First Reform for Meteor Science: Criteria for a Meteor Radiant; Another Reform; 175 Orbits; His Career's Meteor Results; Why Did Meteoric Science Become a Lifelong Passion?; References; Fortunes of War and Peace; Virginia's Astronomer; Portrait of the Young Man as an Astronomer; Sojourn at Lick Observatory; 2 Enrollment Began. Starting OutAstronomy, the University, and Professor Olivier; First Academic Post; Friends at McCormick Observatory; McCormick Observatory Colleagues; In Summary; Society for Practical Astronomy; Society for Practical Astronomy and How the American Meteor Society Began; First Amateur Members of the Hybrid SPA-AMS; American Astronomical Society; Early History of the AAS; The Luminous Meteor Committee; Charles P. Olivier, the AASA, and the American Meteor Society; Chairman Olivier's Program; Setting the Agenda for Future Meteor Research; R.K. Young's Gnomonic Star Maps; Maps and Publicity. Rewards from Enlisting the Assistance of AAS MembersAcademic Colleagues Contributed; Summary; American Association of Variable Star Observers; Introduction-AAVSO's Origin; Simultaneous Memberships; Olivier's Invitation to AAVSO Members; AAVSO Members Responded; Some AAVSO Members Join the AMS; Dr. Olivier Returned the Favor; The Weather Bureau; Predecessor of the Weather Bureau; Signal Corps Observers Reported Meteors; Scientific Advisor to Corps' Chief Signal Officer; Cleveland Abbe and Meteor Science at the Weather Bureau; Monthly Weather Review as a Platform for Meteor Studies.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (518 pages)
• Subjects: 520.92; Physics; Astronomers -- United States -- Biography; Meteors; History; Astronomers; Meteors; Science -- Physics; Science -- History; History of science; Science -- Astronomy; Astronomy, space & time; Physics; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; History of Science; United States; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319445182; 3319445189
• Related ISBNs: 9783319445175; 3319445170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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