Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950

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Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers a chapter in the hi

With Stars in Their Eyes

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"Aden B. Meinel and wife Marjorie P. Meinel stood at the confluence of several overarching technological developments of the 20th century: postwar aerial survei

Robber Baron

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Robber Baron is the first biography of the streetcar magnate Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837-1905), who stands alongside J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie as one of th

A Brief History of Yerkes Observatory

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Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago

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When championing the commercial buildings and homes that made the Windy City famous, one can’t help but mention the brilliant names of their architects—Dani