Oort and the Universe: A Sketch of Oort’s Research and Person

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Jam H. Oort’s Work....Pages 1-19
Meritus Emeritus....Pages 21-29
Jan Hendrik Oort and Dutch Astronomy....Pages 31-37
Oort’s Scientific Importance on a World-Wide Scale....Pages 39-44
Oort and International Co-Operation in Astronomy....Pages 45-50
Reminiscences of the Early Nineteen-Twenties....Pages 51-54
The First Five Years of Jan Oort at Leiden, 1924 to 1929....Pages 55-58
Early Galactic Structure....Pages 59-64
Early Galactic Radio Astronomy at Kootwijk....Pages 65-70
Oort and his Large Radiotelescope....Pages 71-78
Ten Years of Discovery with Oort’s Synthesis Radio Telescope....Pages 79-110
Oort’s Work on Comets....Pages 111-115
The Evolution of Ideas on the Crab Nebula....Pages 117-122
Oort’s Work Reflected in Current Studies of Galactic CO....Pages 123-128
On High-Energy Astrophysics....Pages 129-140
Oort and Extragalactic Astronomy....Pages 141-150
Birthday Wishes....Pages 151-151
The Earth and the Universe....Pages 153-156
The Challenge of Jan Oort....Pages 157-160
Jam Oort at the Telescope....Pages 161-161
Personal Recollections....Pages 163-164
Style of Research....Pages 165-171
Manuscript....Pages 172-173
Back Matter....Pages 175-210