A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900–1975 / / ed. by Kenneth R. Lang, Owen Gingerich.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- General Editor's Preface
- Preface
- Contents
- CHAPTER I. New Windows on the Universe
- On the Application of Interference Methods to Astronomical Measurements
- 2. A Test of a New Type of Stellar Interferometer on Sirius
- 3. Concerning Observations of Penetrating Radiation on Seven Free Balloon Flights
- 4. The Possibilities of Large Telescopes
- 5. A Rapid Coma-Free Mirror System
- 6. On the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Radio Waves
- 7. Searching for Interstellar Communications
- 8. The Photoelectric Photometry of the Stars
- 9. The First Results Obtained from Photographs of the Invisible Side of the Moon
- 10. X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Observations of the Sun
- 11. Evidence for X-Rays from Sources outside the Solar System
- 12. Infrared Observations of the Galactic Center
- 13. Interstellar Deuterium Abundance in the Direction of Beta Centauri
- CHAPTER II. The Solar System
- 14. The Moon's Face: A Study of the Origin of Its Features
- 15. Of Atmospheres upon Planets and Satellites
- 16. On the Probable Existence of a Magnetic Field in Sun-Spots
- 17. How Could a Rotating Body such as the Sun Become a Magnet?
- 18. Polarization of the Moon and of the Planets Mars and Mercury
- 19. The Theory of Continental Drift
- 20. The Spectra of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn under High Dispersion
- 21. The Mystery of Coronium and the Million-Degree Solar Corona
- 22. Corpuscular Influences upon the Upper Atmosphere
- 23. The Origin and Nature of Comets
- 24. Observations of a Variable Radio Source Associated with the Planet Jupiter
- 25. Solar Corpuscular Radiation and the Interplanetary Gas
- 26. Radiation Observations with Satellite 1958ε
- 27. The Hot Surface Temperature of Venus
- 28. Radar Determinations of the Rotations of Venus and Mercury
- 29. Mars as Viewed from Mariner 9
- 30. The Moon after Apollo
- 31. The Encounter Theories of the Origin of the Solar System
- 32. The Nebular Theory of the Origin of the Solar System
- 33. A Production of Amino Acids under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions
- CHAPTER III. Stellar Atmospheres and Stellar Spectra
- 34. On the Radiation of Stars
- 35. Relations between the Spectra and Other Characteristics of Stars
- 36. Some Spectral Criteria for the Determination of Absolute Stellar Magnitudes
- 37. On the Radiative Equilibrium of Stars
- 38. Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere
- 39. The Abundances of the Chemical Elements in Stellar Atmospheres
- 40. On the Rotation of Stars
- 41. Intensity Measurement of the Fraunhofer Lines in the Wavelength Region 5,150 to 5,270 Å
- 42. Electron Affinity in Astrophysics
- 43. The Quantitative Analysis of the BO-Star τ Scorpii, Part II
- CHAPTER IV Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis
- 44. The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
- 45. The Internal Constitution of the Stars
- 46. The Mass-Luminosity Relation for Stars
- 47. Atomic Synthesis and Stellar Energy I, II
- 48. Element Transformation inside Stars. II
- 49. Energy Production in Stars
- 50. Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Evolution
- 51. Stellar Structure, Source of Energy, and Evolution
- 52. Nuclear Reactions in Stars without Hydrogen
- 53. Inhomogeneous Stellar Models II: Models with Exhausted Cores in Gravitational Contraction
- 54. Studies of Young Clusters and Stellar Evolution in the Early Phases of Gravitational Contraction
- 55. Synthesis of the Elements in Stars
- 56. Neutrinos from the Sun
- CHAPTER V. Variable Stars and Dying Stars
- 57. Periods of Twenty-five Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
- 58. On the Pulsations of a Gaseous Star and the Problem of the Cepheid Variables
- 59. Τ Tauri Variable Stars
- 60. Binary Stars among Cataclysmic Variables III : Ten Old Novae
- 61. The Discovery of White Dwarf Stars
- 62. On Dense Stars
- 63. Neutrino Theory of Stellar Collapse
- 64. Discovery of Circularly Polarized Light from a White Dwarf Star
- 65. On the Gravitational Field of a Point Mass according to the Einsteinian Theory
- 66. On the Theory of Stars
- 67. The Discovery of a Candidate Black Hole
- 68. Novae or Temporary Stars
- 69. On the Possible Existence of Neutron Stars
- 70. Spectra of Supernovae
- 71. The Crab Nebula
- 72. On the Nature of the Luminescence of the Crab Nebula
- 73. Energy Emission from a Neutron Star
- 74. Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source
- 75. Rotating Neutron Stars as the Origin of the Pulsating Radio Sources
- CHAPTER VI. The Distribution of Stars and the Space between Them
- 76. Investigations of the Spectrum and Orbit of Delta Orionis
- 77. Star Streaming
- 78. The Kinetic Energy of a Star Cluster
- 79. The Scale of the Universe
- 80. First Attempt at a Theory of the Arrangement and Motion of the Sidereal System
- 81. Star-Streaming and the Structure of the Stellar System
- 82. Observational Evidence for the Rotation of Our Galaxy
- 83. On the Dark Nebula NGC 6960
- 84. The Source of Luminosity of Gaseous Nebulae
- 85. The Origin of the Nebular Lines and the Structure of the Planetary Nebulae
- 86. The Physical State of Interstellar Hydrogen
- 87. Preliminary Results on the Distances, Dimensions, and Space Distribution of Open Star Clusters
- 88. The Solid Particles of Interstellar Space
- 89. The Polarization of Starlight
- 90. The Temperature of Interstellar Matter
- 91. Radio Waves from Space : Origin of Radiowaves
- 92. The Radio Frequency Detection of Interstellar Hydrogen
- 93. Some Features of Galactic Structure in the Neighborhood of the Sun
- 94. The Galactic System as a Spiral Nebula
- 95. Density Waves in Disk Galaxies
- 96. The Discovery of Protostars (?)
- 97. Radio Observations of OH in the Interstellar Medium
- 98. Galactic Magnetic Fields and the Origin of Cosmic Radiation
- 99. Cosmic Rays and Radio Emission from Our Galaxy
- 100. Expanding Stellar Associations and the Origin of the Runaway O and Β Stars
- CHAPTER VII. Normal Galaxies, Radio Galaxies, and Quasars
- 101. Novae in Spiral Nebulae
- 102. A Spectrographic Investigation of Spiral Nebulae
- 103. Modern Theories of the Spiral Nebulae
- 104. Cepheids in Spiral Nebulae
- 105. Extra-Galactic Nebulae
- 106. A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae
- 107. On the Masses of Nebulae and of Clusters of Nebulae
- 108. Nuclear Emission in Spiral Nebulae
- 109. The Resolution of Messier 32, NGC 205, and the Central Region of the Andromeda Nebula
- 110. A Revision of the Extra-Galactic Distance Scale
- 111. Redshifts and Magnitudes of Extra-Galactic Nebulae
- 112. On the Evolution of Galaxies
- 113. Fluctuations in Cosmic Radiation at Radio Frequencies
- 114. Positions of Three Discrete Sources of Galactic Radio-Frequency Radiation
- 115. Cosmic Radiation and Radio Stars
- 116. The Origin of Cosmic Radio Noise
- 117. Identification of the Radio Sources in Cassiopeia, Cygnus A, and Puppis A
- 118. The Nature of Cosmic Radio Sources
- 119. First True Radio Star?
- 120. The Discovery of Quasars
- 121. The Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources 3C 48 and 3C 273
- CHAPTER VIII. Relativity and Cosmology
- 122. Explanation of the Perihelion Motion of Mercury by Means of the General Theory of Relativity
- 123. A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Total Eclipse of May 29, 1919
- 124. Fourth Test of General Relativity: New Radar Result
- 125. On the Curvature of Space
- 126. A Homogeneous Universe of Constant Mass and Increasing Radius accounting for the Radial Velocity of Extra-Galactic Nebulae
- 127. On the Relation between the Expansion and the Mean Density of the Universe
- 128. The Cosmical Constants
- 129. The Steady-State Theory of the Expanding Universe
- 130. The Origin of Chemical Elements
- 131. The Evolution and Physics of the Expanding Universe
- 132. A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 MHz
- Indexes
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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