On the Glassy Sea; an astronomer's journey
New York: American Institute of Physics, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 340, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Part of DJ pasted to fep. Anton M. J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He discovered, jointly with the husband and wife team of Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, over 4000 asteroids, including Apollo asteroids, Amor asteroids, as well as dozens of Trojan asteroids. That was done in a sky survey using the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory and shipping the plates to the two Dutch astronomers at Leiden Observatory, who analyzed them for new asteroids. The trio are jointly credited with several thousand discoveries. Gehrels also discovered a number of comets. He was Principal Investigator for the Imaging Photopolarimeter experiment on the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 first flybys of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s. Gehrels initiated the Space Science Series of textbooks, was General Editor for the first 30 volumes of the University of Arizona Press, and set the style by participating in the editing of six of them. It was during Gehrels' four years in the Special Operations Executive in Europe and the Far East (1944-48) that he began forming a deep and lasting attachment to South Asia. His experiences produced "a liberated liberal, good for a scientist," Gehrels wrote in his autobiographical book, "On the Glassy Sea." " On the Glassy Sea" covers a sweeping diversity of subjects, representing the author's search for answers to questions of scientific and social importance. Tom Gehrels discusses his work as a planetary scientist, his telescopic observations from balloons to spacecraft, and his training as a student. Gehrels also explores such topics as peace, war, change, space flight, and India. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Astronomer, Ahmedabad. Asteroid, Imaging Photopolarimeter, Kitt Peak, Kuiper, Human Dynamics, McDonald Observatory, NASA, National Aeronautics, Pioneer Spacecraft, Serkowski, Spacewatch Telescope, University of Arizona, Van Biesbroeck, Wernher von Br
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