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May 19, 2022
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With Stars In Their Eyes
James B Breckinridge; Alec M Pridgeon
Oxford University Press £29.99 • HB
Husband and wife teams in the history of astronomy are common. What is rare however, is to see credit shared. This book tells the story of Aden and Marjorie Meinel, a pair of astronomers who, through Aden’s career, played a significant role in many major observatories across the US in the mid-20th century. Until now, little has been written about them: indeed, Marjorie doesn’t even have a Wikipedia entry, yet.
This book examines the Meinels’ working lives in more or less chronological order, beginning with a long chapter on genealogy, passing through Marjorie’s family connections (her father was an astronomer at Mount Wilson
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