The Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam - Triumph and Tragedies

The Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam - Triumph and Tragedies: Reports and Memories 1874 - 1991
English | 2026 | ISBN: 3032062934 | 321 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 66 MB
This book describes the 110 years of the Astrophysical Observatory in Potsdam (AOP) as the cradle of European astrophysics up to its disappearance in the 1980s. The first part consists of reviews on the work of the leading astronomers before the Academy reform, while the following part also contains memories of the author until the end of the Akademie der Wissenschaften and the end of the entire GDR as well as the formation 1991/92 of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) on the grounds of the Sternwarte Babelsberg in the course of the German unification.