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The story of helium and the birth of astrophysics / Biman B. Nath.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Astronomers' universePublication details: New York : Springer, c2013.Description: xi, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1461453623 (pbk.)
  • 9781461453628 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 539 NBS
LOC classification:
  • QD181.H4 N38 2013
Contents:
The unbearable lightness of a 'noble' element -- From alchemy to chemistry -- From chemistry to the stars -- Father Secchi, the priest who became an astronomer -- Janssen, a traveling scientist -- Norman Lockyer, clerk turned astronomer -- James F. Tennant, soldier turned astronomer -- Guntur, the small town at the center of attention -- The perpetual eclipse of 1868 -- Lockyer and his cosmic hieroglyphics -- The ghost element that refused to be identified -- Helium on Earth -- The folklore and reality of the discovery of helium.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The unbearable lightness of a 'noble' element -- From alchemy to chemistry -- From chemistry to the stars -- Father Secchi, the priest who became an astronomer -- Janssen, a traveling scientist -- Norman Lockyer, clerk turned astronomer -- James F. Tennant, soldier turned astronomer -- Guntur, the small town at the center of attention -- The perpetual eclipse of 1868 -- Lockyer and his cosmic hieroglyphics -- The ghost element that refused to be identified -- Helium on Earth -- The folklore and reality of the discovery of helium.

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