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<p><p>among The Most Influential, World-renowned Scientists During The Early Decades Of The Twentieth Century Was The Dutch Astronomer Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn (1851-1922). Kapteyn's Influence Resulted From And Contributed To The Golden Age Of Dutch Science. In The Words Of The Brilliant English Astrophysicist, Arthur S. Eddington&#58; &#96;holland Has Given Many Scientific Leaders To The World&#58; It Is Doubtful Whether Any Other Nation In Proportion To Its Size Can Show So Fine A Record. J.c. Kapteyn Was Among The Most Distinguished Of Its Sons &#151; A Truly Great Astronomer'.<br> The Present Text Is An English Translation Of Kapteyn's 1928 (dutch) Biography By His Daughter Henrietta Hertzsprung-kapteyn. While The Original Biography Suffers From &#151; But In Many Ways Is Also Enriched By &#151; The Emotional Excesses Of A Loving Daughter Writing Of Her Famous Father, This New Translation Provides An Annotated Assessment Of Kapteyn As Family Man, Scientist And World Leader. This New Volume Also Opens Up To A Much Wider Reading Public Many Of The Enormously Rich Contributions, Not Only Of Kapteyn The Man But Also Of The Dutch, To The Emergence Of Astronomy As A Major Intellectu

Author

Henrietta Hertzsprung-Kapteyn; an annotated translation with preface and introduction by E. Robert Paul

Publisher

Kluwer Academic; Springer

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9789401048583

Subjects

Science, Memoir, History