Paul describes the rise of statistical cosmology and how it has set the stage for many of the most significant developments of twentieth-century astronomy.
Paul describes the rise of statistical cosmology and how it has set the stage for many of the most significant developments of twentieth-century astronomy.
List of illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations of manuscript sources Introduction Part I. The Nineteenth-Century Background: 1. Early nineteenth-century statistical astronomy 2. Statistical astronomy and the Milky Way Galaxy Part II. Statistical Cosmology, 1890-1924: 3. Seeliger and stellar density 4. Kapteyn and the distribution of stars 5. Statistical astronomy as a research program, 1900-15 6. Statistical cosmology as a research program, 1915-22 7. Internationalization of astronomy Part III. Statistical Cosmology and the Second Astronomical Revolution: 8. The decline of a research program 9. Conclusion: research programs in transition Appendix 1: Seeliger's star-ratio function Appendix 2: Seeliger's density theorem Bibliographical notes Index.
List of illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations of manuscript sources Introduction Part I. The Nineteenth-Century Background: 1. Early nineteenth-century statistical astronomy 2. Statistical astronomy and the Milky Way Galaxy Part II. Statistical Cosmology, 1890-1924: 3. Seeliger and stellar density 4. Kapteyn and the distribution of stars 5. Statistical astronomy as a research program, 1900-15 6. Statistical cosmology as a research program, 1915-22 7. Internationalization of astronomy Part III. Statistical Cosmology and the Second Astronomical Revolution: 8. The decline of a research program 9. Conclusion: research programs in transition Appendix 1: Seeliger's star-ratio function Appendix 2: Seeliger's density theorem Bibliographical notes Index.
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