Henry Norris Russell
by David H. DeVorkin
"This book-length biography of the "Dean of American Astronomers" interweaves personal and scientific history to illuminate how Russell's privileged Presbyterian family background, his education at Princeton and Cambridge, and his personal inclinations and attachments both served and were at odds with his campaign to modernize astronomy.
This book will be of interest not only to astronomers and historians (particularly those interested in the emergence of astrophysics), but to anyone interested in the process of disciplinary change."--BOOK JACKET.
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Henry Norris Russell: dean of American astronomers
2000, Princeton University Press
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0691049181 9780691049182
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"Working at home on a November day in 1934, Henry Norris Russell, chair of Princeton University's Department of Astronomy and director of its Halsted Observatory, wrote to an inquirer about heaven and the immortality of the soul."
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