Astronomy notebooks, 1943-1949.

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Astronomy notebooks, 1943-1949.

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Lecture notes from courses at UCLA taught by Samuel Herrick and Leland Cunningham. Includes: Determination of Orbits (Herrick), 1943 and 1947; Rocket Navigation (Herrick), 1946; Numerical Analysis (Herrick), 1946; Special Perturbations (Cunningham), 1949; Introduction to Celestial Mechanics (Cunningham), 1948.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974

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Samuel Herrick, generally recognized as the found of the field of astrodymanics, was born in Madison County, Virginia, in 1911. He received a B. S. in Mathematics from Williams College in 1932 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley in 1936. Most of his teaching career was spent at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Herrick served as an instructor in the Astronomy Department from 1937 to 1942; as an assistant professor from 1942 to 194...

Reaves, Gibson, 1923-

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Astronomer. Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley, 1952. Professor of astronomy at the University of Southern California (1965-). From the description of Astronomy notebooks, 1943-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83857659 ...

Cunningham, Leland E...

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Leland E. Cunningham, professor of astronomy emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, died May 31, 1989 at the age of 85. He was an authority on orbit theory and on precise measurements of the orbits of comets, planets, satellites and space probes. Professor Cunningham joined the faculty of Berkeley's astronomy department in 1946. From the description of Leland Cunningham papers, [ca. 1916-1970]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122501708 ...

University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...