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Nails in the wall : Catholic nuns in Reformation Germany.
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ISBN: 0226472574 Year: 2005 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago press

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The multinational history of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory : edited by André Heck
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ISBN: 1402036434 9048169186 9786610610983 1280610980 1402036442 Year: 2005

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Figures du Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame
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ISBN: 2901833799 9782901833796 Year: 2005 Publisher: Strasbourg : Musées de Strasbourg,

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Propose un parcours thématique à travers les salles de ce musée qui abrite l'une des collections les plus représentatives de l'art du Rhin supérieur entre le XIe et le XVIIe siècle, essentiellement des sculptures. Les photographies permettent de découvrir des visages réalisés à une époque où l'art s'intéresse à l'humain et invente l'esthétique de l'individu


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The multinational history of Strasbourg astronomical observatory
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ISSN: 00670057 ISBN: 1280610980 9786610610983 1402036442 Year: 2005 Volume: 330 Publisher: Dordrecht ; [Great Britain] : Springer,

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Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between France and Germany, high-profile scientists having been based there, big projects born or installed in its walls, and so on. Most of the documents circulating on the history of the Observatory and on related matters have however been so far poorly referenced, if at all. This made necessary the compilation of a volume such as this one, offering fully-documented historical facts and references on the first decades of the Observatory history, authored by both French and German specialists. The experts contributing to this book have done their best to write in a way understandable to readers not necessarily hyperspecialized in astronomy nor in the details of European history. After an introductory chapter by the Editor, contributions by Wolfschmidt and by Duerbeck respectively deal extensively with the German periods and review people and instrumentation, while another paper by Duerbeck is more specifically devoted to World War II times. A subsequent chapter by Débarbat describes the development of instrumentation at Strasbourg Observatory during the French period between World Wars. Several contributions are devoted to specific astronomers such as Wislicenus (Duerbeck), Wirtz (Duerbeck & Seitter), and Muller (Bacchus). Two chapters by Heck and Jung deal with the genesis and the first years of the Stellar Data Center (CDS) installed at Strasbourg Observatory, while Kovalevsky recalls that the Hipparcos space experiment was born there. Seggewiss reminds the links of the Observatory with the Astronomische Gesellschaft, starting with the inauguration of the place. Bodenmuller & Heck discuss the visibility of the Observatory in the regional press around the beginning of the 20th century and two notes by Heck analyze respectively the Coronelli globe of the observatory and Danjon & Rougier’s first spectroscopic studies of the green flash from Strasbourg. Several appendices conclude the book: lists of council members and of Observatory scientific personnel, as well as a compendium of the institutional publications until Year 2000. This book will be most usefully read by historians, researchers, teachers, librarians as well as by students in astronomy and sociologists of science.

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