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Part I Before the beginning (1542--1904) |
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3 Three observatories for Mount Wilson before the real one |
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4 The creation of the Carnegie Institution and its initial Astronomy Advisory Committee |
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Part II Creation of the observatory and the first scientific results |
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5 The Instruments of detection: solar telescopes, coelostats, spectrographs, and spectra |
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6 Snow, Hale, Frost, and Gale: just the right people to study storms on the Sun |
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7 Tower telescopes and magnetic fields and cycles |
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8 Pioneers of peering: the scientific staff in the early years (1904--1909) |
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9 Solar physics: the intermediate years (1910--1930) |
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10 Yet more solar physics: motions on the surface, clocks in the gravity field, and the reality of prominences |
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Part III The beginning of nighttime sidereal astronomy at Mount Wilson |
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11 The coming of the 60-inch and 100-inch reflectors |
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13 Anatomy of an observatory |
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Part IV Preparation for an understanding of stellar evolution and galactic structure |
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14 Galactic structure in the raw |
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15 Spectral classification and the invention of spectroscopic parallaxes |
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17 Globular star clusters and the galactocentric revolution |
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18 Galactic rotation: Stromberg, Lindblad, and Oort |
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19 The Carnegie Meridian Astrometry Department at the Dudley Observatory |
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20 Absolute magnitudes from direct parallaxes and stellar motions |
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21 Threads leading to the population concept that became the fabric of evolution |
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Part V Physics of the stars and the interstellar medium |
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22 Five problems in astrophysics |
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23 Long-term research associates and short-term visitors |
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24 Interstellar gas, instruments, and the spiral arms of the Galaxy |
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Part VI Observational cosmology and the code of stellar evolution |
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25 Observational cosmology I: galaxy classification and the discovery of Cepheids |
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26 Observational cosmology II: the expansion of the universe and the search for the curvature of space |
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27 Down more corridors of time |
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28 The observational approach to stellar evolution |
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| Abbreviations |
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4 Measurements: magnetic and electric |
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7 The magnetic observatories and final land observations |
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9 Collaboration and evaluation |
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11 The Van de Graaff accelerator |
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15 The proximity fuze and the war effort |
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17 Postwar nuclear physics |
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27 The Bolton and Wetherill years |
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33 Geochemistry and cosmochemistry |
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34 The Solomon transition |
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28 | (18) |
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8 Silicate liquid structure |
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13 Extraterrestrial petrology |
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19 Petrofabrics and statistical petrology |
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20 National defense contributions |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (6) |
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1 An outpost in the desert |
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2 Early years at the Desert Laboratory |
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3 Daniel MacDougal: engineer of life |
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5 Terminations and taperings |
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7 The black box of photosynthesis |
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9 The decade of chlorophyll |
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10 Defining a new ecology |
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11 The emerging complexity |
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12 An integrative approach |
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191 | (20) |
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211 | (26) |
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253 | (20) |
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273 | (4) |
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2 The human embryo collection |
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3 How rhesus monkeys became laboratory animals |
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4 Reproductive science, 1913--1971 |
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5 The Lewis films: tissue culture and "living anatomy," 1919--1940 |
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6 Heredity, development, and evolution |
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7 The Department in the second half of the twentieth century |
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