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The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan
- From the "French Silk Road to Astronomy" to the Meanders of Mao’s China
Af: Thierry Montmerle, Yi Zhou, Yves Gomas
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan af Thierry Montmerle, Yi Zhou, Yves Gomas, 9783030999292
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Engelsk
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116
ISBN-13:
9783030999292
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Paperback
ISBN-10:
3030999297
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Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2022
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,5
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Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2022
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The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan

- From the "French Silk Road to Astronomy" to the Meanders of Mao’s China
Af: Thierry Montmerle, Yi Zhou, Yves Gomas
Engelsk
Paperback 2022
Format:
Paperback
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This book presents the exceptional biography of the 20th century Chinese astronomer Cheng Maolan, who came to France in 1926 on a China-France cooperation program to do his PhD with the idea of returning to China after a few years. Instead, he lived two lives. He first stayed in France and studied astronomy in Lyon, the “Silk city”, where he suffered the hardships of the German occupation, but also witnessed the construction of the Haute-Provence Observatory. After the war, he started a promising career at Lyon Observatory. However, in 1957 he decided to live a second life, by returning to the motherland, which had in the meantime become the People''s Republic of China. There, he suffered the hardships of the Cultural Revolution, but he managed to play a pivotal role in establishing the Beijing Observatory as its director. In particular, he prepared the ground for the Xinglong 2-m telescope, which saw its first light in 1989, ten years after his death.

Cheng Maolan is now considered a "Chinese hero": an "Astronomy and Technology Museum" was built and named after him in 2018, in his native city of Boye, Hebei Province, China, featuring a tall, white statue in front of the building.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
116
ISBN-13:
9783030999292
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
3030999297
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2022
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,5
Forlag:
Serie:
Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2022
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