Tom Williams is the AAVSO Historian and has served in AAVSO leadership positions for over 20 years, including twice as president. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Rice University in 2000, after spending over thirty years as an industrial chemist and manufacturing manager. Since then, Dr Williams has served as a senior editor for the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (Springer, 2007) and has written forty-three entries for that work. Over the past twenty-five years he has published book chapters, encyclopedia entries and over thirty articles and book reviews.
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Preface Part I. Pioneers in Variable Star Astronomy Prior to 1909: 1. The emergence of variable star astronomy - a need for observations 2. A need for observers Part II. The Founding of the AAVSO - The William Tyler Olcott Era: 3. The amateur's amateur 4. Amateurs in the service of science Part III. The Leon Campbell Era: 5. Leon Campbell to the rescue 6. Formalizing relationships 7. The Pickering Memorial Endowment 8. Fading of the Old Guard 9. Growing pains and distractions Part IV. The Service Bureau - The Margaret Mayall Era: 10. Learning about independence 11. Eviction from Harvard College Observatory 12. Actions and reactions 13. In search of a home 14. Survival on Brattle Street 15. AAVSO achievements 16. Breathing room on Concord Avenue Part V. Analysis and Science: The Janet Mattei Era: 17. The growth of a director 18. Learning the ropes the hard way 19. Managing with renewed confidence 20. Expanding the scientific charter Part VI. Accelerating Observational Science - The Arne Henden Era: 21. Bridging the gap 22. Accelerating the science - the Henden era begins Epilogue Appendices Index.
Preface Part I. Pioneers in Variable Star Astronomy Prior to 1909: 1. The emergence of variable star astronomy - a need for observations 2. A need for observers Part II. The Founding of the AAVSO - The William Tyler Olcott Era: 3. The amateur's amateur 4. Amateurs in the service of science Part III. The Leon Campbell Era: 5. Leon Campbell to the rescue 6. Formalizing relationships 7. The Pickering Memorial Endowment 8. Fading of the Old Guard 9. Growing pains and distractions Part IV. The Service Bureau - The Margaret Mayall Era: 10. Learning about independence 11. Eviction from Harvard College Observatory 12. Actions and reactions 13. In search of a home 14. Survival on Brattle Street 15. AAVSO achievements 16. Breathing room on Concord Avenue Part V. Analysis and Science: The Janet Mattei Era: 17. The growth of a director 18. Learning the ropes the hard way 19. Managing with renewed confidence 20. Expanding the scientific charter Part VI. Accelerating Observational Science - The Arne Henden Era: 21. Bridging the gap 22. Accelerating the science - the Henden era begins Epilogue Appendices Index.
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