James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory Tapa dura - 1987

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xvi, 231pp, [1], original cloth in DJ. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xvi, 247 Pp. Charcoal Cloth With Gilt Stamping. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914 - 1997) Was An American Astronomer And Historian, Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences, Including Anthropology, Archeology, Mathematics, And Physics. Through Her Father, Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory, Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson, And Got A Job As An Assistant (1937) Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year, Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington, D.C. (1942-43); And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943, She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include, Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale (1966) And… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.