Explorer of the Universe : A Biography of George Ellery Hale

A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astronomer George Ellery Hale, who laid much of the foundation of modern astrophysics and observational cosmology.He's best known for the planning and building of the 200-inch Hale Telescope of the Palomar Mountain Observatory.This book features a new introduction by Allan Sandage and an index not included in the original work.Since the history of astrophysics is mostly undocumented, this work provides a rare look at Hale's scientific achievements: his invention of the spectroheliograph, his discovery of the magnetic nature of sunspots, and his legendary leadership in founding the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Mountain Observatories.