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Millikan's school : a history of the California institute of technology
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ISBN: 0393030172 Year: 1991 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Norton

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The experimental control of plant growth : with special reference to the Earhart Plant Research Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology
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Year: 1957 Publisher: Waltham, Mass. Chronica Botanica Co.

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The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology
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ISBN: 1280533323 9786610533329 0195363310 9780195363319 9780195058123 0195058127 9781280533327 6610533326 0197701655 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York ; Oxford University Press,

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1. ""Social Control:"" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Molecular E


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Achieving the rare
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ISBN: 9814460257 9789814460255 1299713637 9781299713635 9789814460248 9814460249 Year: 2013 Publisher: New Jersey World Scientific

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Robert F Christy was a fascinating physicist who was one of the key players in some of the most dramatic events of the 20th century.He was one of Oppenheimer's students, whom Oppenheimer hailed as "one of the best in the world." He was a co-creator of the world's first nuclear reactor and the first atom bombs, of which the most practical design was called the "Christy Gadget." Later, he became a leader in the effort to contain nuclear proliferation, leading up to the SALT talks, and headed a study on long-term health effects of radiation crucial for medical safety standards. He also made pione


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The sky is for everyone : women astronomers in their own words
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ISBN: 0691237360 9780691207100 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globeThe Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. Virginia Trimble and David Weintraub vividly describe how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before. Trimble and Weintraub bring together the stories of the tough and determined women who flung the doors wide open. Taking readers from 1960 to today, this triumphant anthology serves as an inspiration to current and future generations of women scientists while giving voice to the history of a transformative era in astronomy.With contributions by Neta Bahcall, Beatriz Barbuy, Ann Merchant Boesgaard, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Catherine Cesarsky, Poonam Chandra, Xuefei Chen, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Cathie Clarke, Judith Gamora Cohen, France Anne Córdova, Anne Pyne Cowley, Bożena Czerny, Wendy L. Freedman, Gabriela González, Saeko S. Hayashi, Martha Patricia Haynes, Roberta Humphreys, Vicky Kalogera, Gillian Knapp, Shazrene S. Mohamed, Carole Mundell, Priyamvada Natarajan, Dara Norman, Hiranya Peiris, Judith Lynn Pipher, Dina Prialnik, Anneila I. Sargent, Sara Seager, Gražina Tautvaišienė, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Virginia Trimble, Meg Urry, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Patricia Ann Whitelock, Sidney Wolff, and Rosemary F. G. Wyse.

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Women astronomers --- Women in astronomy --- SCIENCE / Astronomy. --- History. --- 61 Cygni. --- Abundance of the chemical elements. --- Aircraft. --- Airglow. --- Alertness. --- Andromeda Galaxy. --- Annie Jump Cannon. --- Astronomer. --- Astronomy. --- Aurora. --- Availability. --- Awareness. --- Be star. --- Brightness. --- By Nature. --- CERN. --- California Institute of Technology. --- Career. --- Centerfold. --- Cygnus X-1. --- Determination. --- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. --- Dyer Observatory. --- Electromagnetic spectrum. --- Employability. --- Exoplanet. --- Extremely large telescope. --- First Book. --- Free Speech Movement. --- Funding. --- Galaxy filament. --- Galaxy. --- Gamma-ray burst. --- Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph. --- Governance. --- Gratitude. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- In the News. --- Innovation. --- Instrumentation. --- Joint Astronomy Centre. --- Jupiter. --- Kilauea. --- Kitt Peak National Observatory. --- LAMOST. --- LIGO. --- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. --- Light curve. --- Magellanic Clouds. --- McCormick Observatory. --- Measurement. --- Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. --- Open cluster. --- Optimism. --- Orbital period. --- Orbital speed. --- Organization. --- Oxygen. --- Payload. --- Personality. --- Phenomenon. --- Photometer. --- Physical property. --- Physicist. --- Prediction. --- Publicity. --- Quantity. --- Quasar. --- Relativistic beaming. --- Result. --- Roof garden. --- Seniority. --- Seriousness. --- Shubha Tole. --- Social order. --- Sokkia. --- Source code. --- Space physics. --- Spectrograph. --- Star chart. --- Star formation. --- Star. --- Stellar atmosphere. --- Stellar structure. --- Steward Observatory. --- Studentship. --- Supercluster. --- Supernova. --- Technology. --- Telescope. --- The Conceptual Framework. --- Thrill Me. --- Total Immersion. --- Trimaran. --- Universe. --- VY Canis Majoris. --- Valedictorian. --- White dwarf. --- Workforce. --- Zonta International. --- Astronomy --- Astronomers --- Women physical scientists


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When galaxies were born : the quest for cosmic dawn
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ISBN: 0691241678 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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One of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age. When Galaxies Were Born is Richard Ellis’s firsthand account of how a pioneering generation of scientists harnessed the world’s largest telescopes to decipher the history of the universe and witness cosmic dawn, the time when starlight first bathed the cosmos and galaxies emerged from darkness.In a remarkable career spanning more than forty years, Ellis has made some of the most spectacular discoveries in modern cosmology. He has traveled the world to conduct observations in locales as beautiful and remote as the Australian outback, the Canary Islands, Hawaii, and the Chilean desert. In this book, he brings to life a golden age of astronomy, describing the triumphs and the technical setbacks, the rivalries with competing teams, and the perennial challenge of cloudy nights. Ellis reveals the astonishing progress we have made in building ever larger and more powerful telescopes, and provides a tantalizing glimpse of cosmic dawn.Stunningly illustrated with a wealth of dramatic photos, When Galaxies Were Born is a bold scientific adventure enlivened by personal insights and anecdotes that enable readers to share in the thrill of discovery at the frontiers of astronomy.

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Astronomy --- Cosmology. --- Galaxies --- SCIENCE / Astronomy. --- Observations. --- Formation. --- Absorption band. --- Age of the universe. --- American Astronomical Society. --- Ammeter. --- Anglo-Australian Telescope. --- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. --- Astronomer Royal. --- Astronomer. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Atacama Desert. --- Atacama Large Millimeter Array. --- Automation. --- British Astronomical Association. --- CERN. --- California Institute of Technology. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Chronology of the universe. --- Computation. --- Cosmic Evolution (book). --- Cosmic distance ladder. --- Cosmic dust. --- Cosmos Club. --- Diffusion. --- Earth's orbit. --- Ecliptic. --- Electron scattering. --- Elementary particle. --- Energy transition. --- Exploration. --- Flavour (particle physics). --- Galaxy 11. --- Galaxy cluster. --- Galaxy. --- General relativity. --- Goddard Space Flight Center. --- Gravitational lens. --- Gravity. --- Hale Telescope. --- Hawaii. --- Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- Hydrogen atom. --- Hydrogen spectral series. --- Institute for Astronomy. --- International Astronomical Union. --- Interstellar medium. --- James Webb Space Telescope. --- Jupiter. --- Las Campanas Observatory. --- Lowell Observatory. --- Ludwik Silberstein. --- Metric expansion of space. --- Molecule. --- Mount Stromlo Observatory. --- NIRCam. --- National Optical Astronomy Observatory. --- Neutrino. --- Nitrogen. --- Nucleosynthesis. --- Observational astronomy. --- Observatory. --- Optical telescope. --- Orbital period. --- Outer space. --- Palomar Observatory. --- Peculiar galaxy. --- Photon. --- Primary mirror. --- Quasar. --- Recessional velocity. --- Redshift survey. --- Redshift. --- Reflectance. --- Refracting telescope. --- Reionization. --- Result. --- Satellite galaxy. --- Semiconductor. --- Shape of the universe. --- Silicon. --- Solar neutrino. --- Space Telescope Science Institute. --- Spacecraft. --- Spaceflight. --- Spaceport. --- Spectrograph. --- Spherical aberration. --- Spitzer (bullet). --- Spitzer Space Telescope. --- Square Kilometre Array. --- Stellar classification. --- Stellar evolution. --- Structure formation. --- Sunrise. --- Switchgear. --- Telescope. --- The Astrophysical Journal. --- Twin Quasar. --- Very Large Telescope. --- Formation, Galactic --- Formation of galaxies --- Galactic formation --- Galaxy formation --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Evolution

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