David H. DeVorkin
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BIOGRAPHY
Senior Curator, Astronomy, Space History Division, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Author of Henry Norris Russell: Dean of American Astronomers and others; editor of The American Astronomical Society's First Century.
Primary Contributions (10)
Charles Greeley Abbot was an American astrophysicist who, as director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C., for almost four decades, engaged in a career-long campaign to demonstrate that the Sun’s energy output varies and has a measurable effect on the Earth’s weather.…
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Publications (3)
Hubble: Imaging Space and Time (September 2008)
In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s foremost authorities on space history, Hubble: Imaging Space and Time illuminates the solar system’s workings, the expansion of the universe, the birth and death of stars,...
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Henry Norris Russell (2000)
Henry Norris Russell lived in two universes: that of his Presbyterian forebears and that of his science. Sharp-witted and animated by nervous energy, he became one of the most powerful voices in twentieth-century American astronomy, wielding that influence in calculated ways to redefine an entire science. He, more than any American of his generation, worked to turn an observation-centered discipline into a theory-driven pursuit centered on physics.\nToday, professional and amateur astronomers...
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The American Astronomical Society's First Century (May 1999)
Hardcover, glossy illustrated boards, issued w/o dust jacket. Edited by David H. DeVorkin, includes chapters by various authors on: The Early Society; Canada and the American Astronomical Society; A Century of Astronomy in Mexico: Collaboration with American Astronomers; Recollections of the Society by Frank K. Edmondson, Vera C. Rubin, Arlo U. Landholt, Laurence Frederick; The Modern Society; Publications of the Society; Divisions of the Society; Commentary by Recent AAS Presidents. Keywords:...
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