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050		4	_aQB460.72.B22 _bO77 2001
072		7	_aSCI034000 _2bisacsh
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aOsterbrock, Donald E. _eautore
245	1	0	_aWalter Baade : _bA Life in Astrophysics / _cDonald E. Osterbrock.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2002
300			_a1 online resource (285 p.) : _b28 halftones
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tPREFACE -- _t1 The Preparation GÖTTINGEN AND HAMBURG, 1893–1927 -- _t2 The Path toward the Two Populations HAMBURG, 1927– 1931 -- _t3 Before the War MOUNT WILSON, 1931–1938 -- _t4 War and a Great Discovery MOUNT WILSON, 1939–1947 -- _t5 Young Stars and Old PALOMAR AND PRINCETON, 1948–1953 -- _t6 Radio Astronomy and the Size of the Universe PALOMAR AND PASADENA, 1948 –1958 -- _t7 Telling the Good News AMERICA AND EUROPE, 195 3–195 9 -- _t8 The Finale and After AUSTRALIA AND GÖTTINGEN, 195 9–196 0 -- _tABBREVIATIONS -- _tNOTES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aAlthough 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 and age scales for the universe. Rather, it was his discovery of two distinct stellar populations: old and young stars. This discovery opened wide the previously marginal fields of stellar and galactic evolution--research areas that would be among the most fertile and exciting in all of astrophysics for decades to come. Baade was born, educated, and gained his early research experience in Germany. He came to the United States in 1931 as a staff member of Mount Wilson Observatory, which housed the world's largest telescope. There, he pioneered research on supernovae. With the 100-inch telescope, he studied globular clusters and the structure of the Milky Way, every step leading him closer to the population concept he discovered during the wartime years, when the skies of southern California were briefly darkened. Most Mount Wilson astronomers were working on weapons-development crash programs devoted to bringing Baade's native country to its knees, while he, formally an enemy alien in their midst, was confined to Los Angeles County but had almost unlimited use of the most powerful telescope in the world. After his great discovery, Baade continued his research with the new 200-inch telescope at Palomar. Always respected and well liked, he became even more famous among astronomers as they shifted their research to the fields he had opened. Publicity-shy and seemingly unconcerned with publication, however, Baade's celebrity remained largely within the field. This accomplished biography at last introduces Baade--and his important work--to a wider public, including the newest generation of skywatchers.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)
650		0	_aAstrophysicists _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		7	_aSCIENCE / History. _2bisacsh
653			_aAdams, Walter S.
653			_aAgfa photographic company.
653			_aAllegheny Observatory.
653			_aAstronomical Journal.
653			_aBaade Telescope.
653			_aBaade, Katherine (sister).
653			_aBergedorf.
653			_aBiermann, Ludwig.
653			_aBoyden Station.
653			_aCase Institute of Technology.
653			_aComet Baade.
653			_aEinstein, Albert.
653			_aFermi, Enrico.
653			_aFornax system.
653			_aFricke, Walter.
653			_aGanymede.
653			_aGaustad, John.
653			_aGöttingen Observatory.
653			_aHale telescope.
653			_aHamburg Observatory.
653			_aHarvard College Observatory.
653			_aHitler, Adolf.
653			_aHoyle, Fred.
653			_aHubble constant.
653			_aHund, Friedrich.
653			_aIcarus.
653			_aInstitute for Advanced Study.
653			_aInstitute for Experimental Aerodynamics.
653			_aJansky, Karl.
653			_aJena University.
653			_aJohnson, Harold L.
653			_aJohnson, Josef.
653			_aKienle, Hans.
653			_aKlein, Felix.
653			_aKuiper, Gerard P.
653			_aLaporte, Otto.
653			_aLeiden Observatory.
653			_aLick Observatory.
653			_aLund University.
653			_aMason, Max.
653			_aMinkowski, Hermann.
653			_aNazi party.
653			_aOrion nebula.
653			_aPulkovo Observatory.
653			_aRoss lens.
653			_aSchorr, Richard.
653			_aScientific American.
653			_acosmology.
653			_aeclipsing binaries.
653			_aglobular clusters.
653			_ainterstellar extinction.
653			_aradio sources.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780691223285?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691223285
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