David H Devorkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1083733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David H Devorkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | David H |
| FAMILY NAME | Devorkin |
| SIGNATURE | DEVORKIN D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9025-8125 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Reinvention of Science
Cultures of the Planetarium
Italic>A Stellar Life, by Helmut A. Abt
the museum) must be correct, as Miller had only ordered the Zeiss projector in 1913.Overall, this is a fascinating and entertaining book on the origins and development of how humans
Italic>Space, Time and Aliens
Eloge
Hybrid Studies
Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters . Vera Rubin
A History of Astronomy from 1890 to the Present. David Leverington
Science with a Vengeance
Inventing Accuracy
Inventing Accuracy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 649 InventingAccuracy:A HistoricalSociology ofNuclearMissile Guidance. By Donald MacKenzie. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. xiii + 464; figures, notes, appendixes, index. $29.95. Inventing Accuracy is an ambitious primer into the counterintuitive world of military research and development from the perspective of a sociologist looking at technological change. It traces the develop ment of missile guidanc…
Race to the Stratosphere
Elites in Conflict
Truth and Beauty
Bernard Lovell
Bernard Lovell
162 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE an average cost of $59,000 per aircraft. “Smart bombs” became stu pid in the presence of haze, mist, cloud, and pronounced atmo spheric refraction. “All in all, weather so tempered the targeting, tactics, timing, and type of ordnance employed that the Seventh Air Force’s two major omnibus air plans were entitled ‘Northeast Monsoon Campaign’ and ‘Southwest Monsoon Campaign’ ” (p. 206). Presidents Johnson a…
Astronomy and Astronautics
The Early Years of Radio Astronomy
Glimpsing an Invisible Universe
Now in paperback, this book deals with the evolution of Xray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. The story commences in the late 1950S with the discovery of high-energy radiations from beyond the solar system, and is taken through to the point at which X-ray astronomers began exploring questions of broader interest in astronomy. In examining this early period, when scientists acquired fundamental data and the rudiments of theo…
The History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics
Oort and the Universe
Interviews as Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics
The maintenance of a scientific institution
Man Discovers the Galaxies . Richard Berendzen, Richard Hart, Daniel Seeley
Man Discovers the Galaxies . Richard Berendzen, Richard Hart, Daniel Seeley
The maintenance of a scientific institution
Interviews as Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics
Oort and the Universe
The History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Early Years of Radio Astronomy
Glimpsing an Invisible Universe
Now in paperback, this book deals with the evolution of Xray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. The story commences in the late 1950S with the discovery of high-energy radiations from beyond the solar system, and is taken through to the point at which X-ray astronomers began exploring questions of broader interest in astronomy. In examining this early period, when scientists acquired fundamental data and the rudiments of theo…
Astronomy and Astronautics
Truth and Beauty
Bernard Lovell
Bernard Lovell
162 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE an average cost of $59,000 per aircraft. “Smart bombs” became stu pid in the presence of haze, mist, cloud, and pronounced atmo spheric refraction. “All in all, weather so tempered the targeting, tactics, timing, and type of ordnance employed that the Seventh Air Force’s two major omnibus air plans were entitled ‘Northeast Monsoon Campaign’ and ‘Southwest Monsoon Campaign’ ” (p. 206). Presidents Johnson a…
Elites in Conflict
Race to the Stratosphere
Inventing Accuracy
Inventing Accuracy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 649 InventingAccuracy:A HistoricalSociology ofNuclearMissile Guidance. By Donald MacKenzie. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. xiii + 464; figures, notes, appendixes, index. $29.95. Inventing Accuracy is an ambitious primer into the counterintuitive world of military research and development from the perspective of a sociologist looking at technological change. It traces the develop ment of missile guidanc…
Science with a Vengeance
A History of Astronomy from 1890 to the Present. David Leverington
Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters . Vera Rubin
Hybrid Studies
Eloge
Italic>Space, Time and Aliens
Italic>A Stellar Life, by Helmut A. Abt
the museum) must be correct, as Miller had only ordered the Zeiss projector in 1913.Overall, this is a fascinating and entertaining book on the origins and development of how humans
Cultures of the Planetarium
The Reinvention of Science
History and Developments in Astronomy (15 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Physics (10 works) · Astronomy (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Art history (7 works) · History (7 works) · History of Science and Natural History (6 works) · Library science (6 works) · Political science (6 works)