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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Hutchins |
| ISBN: | 9780754632504 0754632504 |
| OCLC Number: | 239578684 |
| Description: | XXIII, 533 S. : ill. |
| Contents: | Preface; Introduction; Making niches, funding the observatories; Academic astronomers in the age of the 'grand amateurs', 1820-1881; Working the university observatories, 1820-1881; 'Encumbered with lectures': developing research and providing for graduates, 1820-1939; University observatories and the opportunities in astrophysics, c. 1880-1939; Problems of proximity: Oxford's observatories, 1901-1930; British university observatories and the wider world, 1919-1939; Concluding thoughts on how astronomical knowledge advances; Bibliography; Index. |
| Series Title: | Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 |
| Responsibility: | by Roger Hutchins. |
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