Reaves, Gibson, 1923-2005
Gibson Reaves astronomy notebooks, 1943-1949.
Gibson Reaves' lecture notes from courses at University of California Los Angeles (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. Collection contains annotated index provided by Reaves, including details about his time as a student, and comments on Herrick's and Cunningham's teaching.
Ph.D., astronomy (University of California, Berkeley, 1952). Professor of astronomy at the University of Southern California (1965-1997).
Cunningham, Leland
Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974
University of California, Los Angeles
Astronomers
Astrophysics
Stellar activity.
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Reaves, Gibson.
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