The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson BarnardCambridge University Press, 1995 M06 30 - 429 pages This, the first full-length biography of Edward Emerson Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Through his career, Barnard scoured the heavens endlessly, leaving an astonishing legacy of observations - of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae, and globular clusters - that make him one of the greatest observers of all time.Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book includes many of Barnard's famous wide-field photographs of comets and the Milky Way. It provides a complete history of Barnard's fascinating life and work, and offers unusual insight into the astronomers he knew and observatories with which he was associated and will be of interest to astronomers and historians of science. |
Contents
Through rugged ways | 1 |
Ardent and faithful work with a telescope | 19 |
Mars His Moons and His Heavens | 38 |
A seeker of comets | 42 |
Vanderbilt astronomer | 61 |
In the realm of the nebulae | 75 |
Go West young man | 93 |
Hanging fire | 110 |
Travels and travails | 223 |
Barnard and Mars | 237 |
Natures true artisan | 264 |
A tide in his affairs | 281 |
Yerkes Observatory | 302 |
Disappointments and triumphs | 322 |
The comet and Milky Way photographs | 351 |
Comet tales | 357 |
On Mt Hamilton | 122 |
A year of wonders | 141 |
The young rebel | 162 |
I am tired here | 188 |
Immortality | 206 |
Observer of all that shines or obscures | 369 |
Eclipse and decline | 387 |
Ad astra | 413 |
Index | 419 |
Other editions - View all
The Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard William Sheehan No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
36-inch refractor Andromeda appeared August Barnard found Barnard wrote began bright Bruce telescope Burnham California Calvert Campbell Chicago clouds clusters comet comet-seeking dark December director discovered discovery dome double stars E. E. Barnard eclipse Edward Emerson Barnard EEB to ESH equatorial ESH to EEB exposure faint February fifth satellite Frost gegenschein Hale Hamilton Harvard College Observatory Herschel ibid instrument January July June Jupiter Keeler later letter Lewis Swift Lick Observatory light Lowell Mars Milky MNRAS Moon morning Mount mountain Nashville nebula nebulosity never Newcomb night noted Nova November object observing notebook October orbit Osterbrock Pickering planet planetary plates position published Ranyard reflector refractor Regents region remarkable Rhoda ring Ritchey S. W. Burnham San Francisco Examiner satellite of Jupiter Saturn Schaeberle seen September Simon Newcomb small telescope solar spots Swift tail Vanderbilt University Willard lens William Wilson Yerkes Observatory
References to this book
Io After Galileo: A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Rosaly M.C. Lopes,John R. Spencer Limited preview - 2007 |
Babylon to Voyager and Beyond: A History of Planetary Astronomy David Leverington Limited preview - 2003 |