Abstract
Several important turning points appeared in the personal life and scientific career of Zdeněk Kopal, every time, when he entered a new field of research. Four particular periods of his life will be commented in the present paper: the studies in Prague and early observations in the variable star programme of the Czech Astronomical Society; the first lectures on close binaries at Harvard; the intermezzo of lunar research; and the last period after 1989, when Zdeněk Kopal returned several times to Prague University.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Carder, R.W.: 1962, in: Proceedings of IAU Symposium 14, The Moon, Zdeněk Kopal and Zdenka Kadla Mikhailov (eds.), Academic Press, London and New York, pp. 113–129.
Kopal, Z.: 1932a, Říše hvězd 13, 107–108.
Kopal, Z.: 1932b, Astron. Nachr. 242, 243.
Kopal, Z.: 1986, Of Stars and Men, Adam Hilger, Bristol and Boston.
Kopal, Z. and Rackham, T.W.: 1962, in: Proceedings of IAU Symposium 14, The Moon, Zdeně Kopal and Zdenka Kadla Mikhailov (eds.), Academic Press, London and New York, pp. 350, 357–358.
Slouka, H. and Kopal, Z.: 1936, Nature 137, 621.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 Springer
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Šolc, M. (2005). RR CrB and Algol — The First and Last Star in Zdeněk Kopal’s Life with Binaries. In: Drechsel, H., Zejda, M. (eds) Zdeněk Kopal’s Binary Star Legacy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3875-5_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3875-5_4
Accepted:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-3131-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-3875-4
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)