TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nath,Biman
TI  - The story of helium and the birth of astrophysics
T2  - Astronomers' universe,
SN  - 1461453623 (pbk.)
AV  - QD181.H4 N38 2013
U1  - 539 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - History
KW  - Helium
KW  - Spectra
N1  - 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
ER  -