Advancing Variable Star Astronomy : the Centennial History of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Thomas R. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (450 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830399 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I PIONEERS IN VARIABLE STAR ASTRONOMY PRIOR TO 1909; 1 The emergence of variable star astronomy
- a need for observations; ARGELANDER'S APPEALS AND CRITERIA; ARGELANDER STUDENTS AND THE FOUNDATION; OUTSTANDING BRITISH OBSERVERS; BRITISH ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS; ASTRONOMERS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ASTRONOMERS IN THE AMERICAS; 2 A need for observers; APPEALS FOR OBSERVERS; COOPERATIVE EFFORTS; THE PICKERING PLAN; EFFICIENCY IN ASTRONOMY; POPULAR INTEREST; VARIABLE STAR SPECTRA; CHANDLER'S VARIABLE STAR CATALOGS.
- DEFENDING VISUAL OBSERVATIONSDEFENSE OF SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATIONS; ARGUMENTS CONTINUE; AN INTERIM STANDARD; FRUITS OF COOPERATION; MORE URGENT CALL FOR OBSERVERS; PICKERING PARADIGM SHIFT; HARVARD CORPS OF OBSERVERS; THE EMERGENCE OF ORGANIZATIONS; THE SOCIETY FOR PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY; SPA VARIABLE STAR SECTION; Part II THE FOUNDING OF THE AAVSO
- THE WILLIAM TYLER OLCOTT ERA; 3 The amateur's amateur; TYLER OLCOTT'S PARENTS; THE OLCOTT-TYLER CONNECTIONS; FAMILY BUSINESSES IN CHICAGO; RETURN TO ANCESTRAL HOME; WILLIAM TYLER'S EDUCATION; COLLEGE LIFE IN THE GILDED AGE; TRAVEL AND LAW SCHOOL.
- SOCIETY, MARRIAGE, AND RECREATION
- THE GOOD LIFENIGHT SKY REVEALED; VARIABLE STARS AND SCIENCE
- AN OPTION?; ORGANIZING OBSERVERS; RECRUITMENT COMPETITION; 4 Amateurs in the service of science; A NOVA OPPORTUNITY; GAINING CONTROL; EXPANDING THE AAVSO PROGRAM; BOOK PUBLICATIONS; NEW STELLAR THEORY; A MEASURE OF SUCCESS; PICKERING'S EARLY SUPPORT; CLOSING THE GAP; STEADY AS SHE GOES?; WORLD WAR I REACHES AMERICA; AAVSO'S INCORPORATION; GROWING CLOSER TOGETHER; Part III RECORDING AND CLASSIFICATION
- THE LEON CAMPBELL ERA; 5 Leon Campbell to the rescue; EARLY LIFE IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
- EMPLOYMENT AT HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORYENTERPRISE IN PERU; JOINING THE AAVSO; DEATH OF PICKERING; CAMPBELL TAKES CHARGE; THE PICKERING MEMORIAL; THE OLD GUARD STEPS IN; 6 Formalizing relationships; EVOLVING HCO INVOLVEMENT; AAVSO'S SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS; Standardization and distribution of charts; Julian Day calendars; Availability of telescopes; Broadening the AAVSO observing program; Instrumentalizing variable star observing; MANAGING THE OBSERVATIONS; PROGRESS IN VARIABLE STAR ASTRONOMY; AAVSO'S SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS; Member communications; Meetings.
- PASSING OF THE OLD GUARD BEGINSINTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; SO FAR, SO GOOD; 7 The Pickering Memorial Endowment; AN AMBIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP; AAVSO PICKERING MEMORIAL FUND; A NEW HCO DIRECTOR; ASTRONOMY'S GREAT DEBATE; LEON CAMPBELL AND VARIABLE STAR ASTRONOMY; THE PICKERING MEMORIAL CHANGES; HARVARD TAKES CONTROL; WILLIAM TYLER OLCOTT AFTER 1920; LOOKING BACKWARD (AND FORWARD); 8 Fading of the Old Guard; THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE AAVSO; AAVSO LEADERSHIP TRENDS; Rectifying administrative committees; Vetting and training observers; Other leadership issues; Meetings.