BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Bart Bok"

 

Not What You Meant?  There are 19 definitions for Bok.

Bart Bok

Print-Friendly
About 2 pages (504 words) in 2 products

"Bart Bok" Search Results
Contents:
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Bart Jan Bok Summary
71 words, approx. 1 pages
1906-1983 Dutch-American astronomer who studied the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. In 1947, he discovered small dark clouds that can be seen against the light of stars. He proposed that these clouds, now known as Bok globules, are made up of gas...
summary from source:
Bart Bok Information
433 words, approx. 1 pages
Bart Jan Bok (Hoorn, April 28 1906 – Tucson, August 5 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer. He was born in the Netherlands, and educated at the Leiden and Groningen Universities. In 1929 he married fellow astronomer Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok,...


News and Journals
summary from source:

Publishers Weekly
The Man Who Sold the Milky Way: A Biography of Bart Bok. (book reviews)
10/04/1993: 157 words, approx. 1 pages
The career of Dutch-born astronomer Bart J. Bok (1906-1983) spanned the mature era of international astronomy. Bok, who became a U.S. citizen in 1938, was the driving force in creating observational definitions of the Milky Way and other phenomena of galaxies. If there...
summary from source:

The Boston Globe
The Bok Decades
05/30/1990: 674 words, approx. 2 pages
It is a bastion of meritocracy, not aristocracy, a trait which precisely infuriates its critics of left and right. Harvard University's ability to survive storms and crises has been part of its 354-year-old history. Derek Curtis Bok, who yesterday announced his resignation after two...
 


 

Bart Bok

Print-Friendly
About 2 pages (504 words) in 2 products


Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags




About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy