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Max Wolf
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German astrophotography pioneer (1863–1932)
Max Wolf was a German astronomer and pioneer of astrophotography who lived from 1863 to 1932. He's important because his innovative use of photography to observe the night sky helped transform astronomy from a visual discipline into a modern science based on photographic evidence.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Nova therapeutica; Führer durch das Gebiet der neueren Arznei- u. Nährmittel
- Die physische und sittliche Entartung des modernen Weibes
- Die Verkalkung und Verknöcherung der Kehlkopfknorpel beim Rot- und Rehwild
- Der Abholungsanspruch des [section] 867 BGB unter Berücksichtigung des Anspruches aus [section] 1005 BGB
- Die differentialgleichung der mittleren anomalie und die wahrscheinlichkeit der convergenz in der darstellung ihres integrals .
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1938-04-17
- Active to
- 2007-03-10
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 313
- Total plays
- 1,047
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Welcome to the Tidyverse
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- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Max Wolf.jpg
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- Max Wolf
- date of birth
- 1863-06-21
- date of death
- 1932-10-03
- name in native language
- Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf
- P8168
- Alejandro Woss y Gil
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Article
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory from 1902 until his death in 1932.
Early life