Gingerich, Owen. Ad astra per aspera: from the sewers of Kansas to Harvard College Observatory
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| Title: | Gingerich, Owen. Ad astra per aspera: from the sewers of Kansas to Harvard College Observatory. |
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| Name(s): | Gingerich, Owen. | |
| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
| Genre: | Biography files. | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Extent: | 31 | |
| Abstract/Description: | In this essay, Owen Gingerich describes his path from his childhood interest in astronomy, through an after-school job cleaning sewers, to his career at Harvard College Observatory. He discusses: the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO); Virginia Nail; Fred Whipple; Bart Bok; assisting Harlow Shapley; Sky and Telescope magazine, and its editors Charile and Helen Federer; Donald Menzel; Cecilia Payne-Gsposchkin; Walter Baade; teaching; Miriam Gingerich (nee Sensenig); American University in Beirut; Chuck Whitney; the IBM 704 computer; the CIA. | |
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Forms part of the American Institute of Physics' Niels Bohr Library & Archives Manuscript Biographies Collection. Owen Jay Gingerich (1930-), a former Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching, he has written many books on the history of astronomy. In English. |
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| Subject(s): |
Baade, Walter, 1893-1960 Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983 Federer, Charles, 1909- Federer, Helen Spence Gingerich, Owen Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976 Nail, Virginia McKibben Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979 Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004 Whitney, Charles Allen American Association of Variable Star Observers. American University of Beirut Central Intelligence Agency Harvard College Observatory. Sky and telescope IBM 704 (Computer) |
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| Library Classification: | MB 2024-2843 | |
| Held by: | American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. | |
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