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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 -- but in many ways is also enriched by -- 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 intellectual force in the world. Perhaps equally important, the translated biography reproduces many biographical and technical details from Kapteyn's correspondence with numerous other scientists and scholars. Access to the Kapteyn biography becomes an archival treasure for future studies dealing with Kapteyn himself, as well as with the history of both modern and Dutch astronomy and with the rise of international astronomy.
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Book Title: The Life and Works of J. C. Kapteyn
Book Subtitle: An Annotated Translation with Preface and Introduction by E. Robert Paul
Authors: E. Robert Paul
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1940-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2603-8Published: 31 January 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4858-3Published: 04 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1940-5Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 92
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics