Download or read book Gerard And Antoinette De Vaucouleurs: A Life For Astronomy written by Massimo Capaccioli and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gérard and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs are among the most prominent and respected astronomers of this century. This volume was put together by a number of his friends and colleagues to mark the occasion of Gérard de Vaucouleurs' 70th birthday and consequent retirement from his chair at the University of Texas, Austin. It is dedicated to the memory of Antoinette de Vaucouleurs.