Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn: Born Investigator of the Heavens

Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contribu...

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Autore principale:	van der Kruit, Pieter C
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Lingua:	English
Pubblicazione:	Springer 2016
Soggetti:	Technology Science Biography Netherlands
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Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn: Born Investigator of the Heavens

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