Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950

The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution

By: Donald E. Osterbrock

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Paperback | 15 May 1999 | Edition Number 1

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This is a centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. The text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Under its founder and first director, George Ellery Hale, Yerkes pioneered the new science of astrophysics. E.B. Frost, Hale's successor, allowed Yerkes to decline from 1904 to 1932, although it still trained rising young astronomers such as Edward Hubble. Finally, with the support of Robert M. Hutchins, the University of Chicago's "boy president", the "boy director" Otto Struve presided over Yerkes' revitalization in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Preface
Birth, 1868-1897
Infancy, 1897-1904
Near Death, 1904-1932
The Savior, 1897-1931
The Boy President, 1929-1932
The Boy Director, 1932-1936
Resurrection on the Campus and at Yerkes, 1893-1937
Birth of McDonald Observatory, 1933-1939
An Extraordinarily Fine Group, 1936-1942
World War II, 1939-1945
Golden Years, 1945-1950
Epilogue: To the Centennial, 1950-1997
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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