Jan Hendrik Oort : master of the galactic system /: master of the galactic system. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pieter C. van der Kruit.
• Authors: Kruit, Pieter C. van der
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Growing up in Oegstgeest -- Kapteyn and Groningen -- Stars of High Velocity -- Via Yale to Leiden -- Rotation of the Galaxy; Marriage- Galactic Structures and Dynamics -- The Oort Limit and Galaxy Photometry -- Professor and Adjunct-Director -- World War II: The Watershed -- Opening Up New Avenues -- Spiral Structure, Interstellar Medium and the Crab -- Dwingeloo, ESO, the Vatican and the Cross-Antenna -- Galactic Structure and the Dwingeloo Telescope -- Westerbork, Retirement and Beyond -- 15. The Last Horizon -- Curriculum Vitae, Publications, Honors, Students and Academic Genealogy -- Texts of Selected Documents -- Notes and References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 520.92; Astronomers -- Netherlands -- Biography; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030178017; 3030178013
• Related ISBNs: 9783030178000; 3030178005
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2019).
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