A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astronomer George Ellery Hale, who laid much of the foundation of modern astrophysics and observational cosmology. He's best known for the planning and building of the 200-inch Hale Telescope of the Palomar Mountain Observatory. This book features a new introduction by Allan Sandage and an index not included in the original work. Since the history of astrophysics is mostly undocumented, this work provides a rare look at Hale's scientific achievements: his invention of the spectroheliograph, his discovery of the magnetic nature of sunspots, and his legendary leadership in founding the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Mountain Observatories.
- ISBN10 1563962497
- ISBN13 9781563962493
- Publish Date 15 March 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint American Institute of Physics
- Edition 1994 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 500
- Language English