Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics
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Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow astronomer deeply familiar with Baade and his work, this is the first biography of this major figure in American astronomy. In it, Donald Osterbrock suggests that Baade's greatest contribution to astrophysics was not, as is often contended, his revision of Hubble's distance...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:069104936X
ISBN13:9780691049366
Release Date:November 2001
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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