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A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs.

Yerkes Observatory 18921950

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    A Paperback / softback by Donald E. Osterbrock

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780226639468, 978-0226639468
      ISBN10: 0226639460
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      Book Synopsis
      A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs.

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