Gérard and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs — A Life for Astronomy

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Foreword by the Book Editors
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Les Débuts: Astronome Amateur
• Reprint of “Sur la Concordance de la Période de Transformation Massive des Matériaux de la Calotte Polaire Australe de la Planète Mars et de celle d'Existence de sa Bordure Sombre en 1939”
• Au Planétarium de Paris en 1937
• Etude des Planètes en France
• Reprint of part of Introduction to “Physique de la Planète Mars”
• 5. Planetary Studies and U. S. Space Program
• Reprint of “On the Opposition Effect of Mars”
• Reprint of part of “Rotation Period of Mars from Transits of Albedo Stations at Central Meridian, 1659-1971”
• 6. Light Scattering and Atmospheric Extinction
• Reprint of “Atmospheric Absorption at McDonald Observatory”
• 7. Astronomical Photography
• Reprint of “Photometry of Extended Sources”
• 8. Globular Clusters
• Reprint of “Distances of the Virgo, Fornax and Hydra Clusters of Galaxies and the Local Value of the Hubble Ratio”
• 9. Optical Studies of the Magellanic Clouds
• Reprint of “Studies of the Magellanic Clouds: I. Dimensions and Structure of the Large Cloud from Star Counts and Long Exposure Photographs”
• 10. Radio Studies of the Magellanic Clouds
• Reprint of “Rotation and other Motions of the Magellanic Clouds from Radio Observations”
• 11. Galaxy Catalogues
• Reprint of “Photographic Magnitudes of the Brighter External Galaxies”
• Reprint of part of Introduction to “Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies”
• Reprint of part of Introduction to “Second Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies”
• 12. Galaxy Morphology
• Reprint of part of “Classification and Morphology of External Galaxies”
• 13. Galaxy Photometry
• Reprint of Excerpts from “Recherches sur les Nébuleuses Extragalactiques: I. Sur la Technique de l'Analyse Microphotométrique des Nébuleuses Brillantes” (from the English translation by A. de Vaucouleurs)
• Reprint of part of “Luminosity Distribution in Galaxies. I. The Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3379 as a Luminosity Distribution Standard”
• 14. Galaxy Kinematics
• Reprint of “Velocity Fields in Late-Type Galaxies by Hα Fabry-Perot Interferometry”
• Reprint of “Photometry and Kinematics of NGC 7793 from Hα Fabry-Perot Interferometry”
• 15. Peculiar Galaxies
• Reprint of “Normal and Abnormal Galaxies as Radio Sources”
• 16. The Local Supercluster
• Reprint of “Further Evidence for a Local Super-Cluster of Galaxies: Rotation and Expansion”
• 17. Indicateurs de Distance
• Reprint of “Five Crucial Tests of the Cosmic Distance Scale Using the Galaxy as Fundamental Standard”
• 18. The Cosmic Distance Scale
• Reprint of “The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant”
• 19. Cosmology
• Reprint of “A Propos des Relations dites ‘Remarquables’ entre Constantes Naturelles Physiques ou Astronomiques”
• Reprint of “Quelques Réflexione sur la Déconverte des Lois Physiques”
• Reprint of “The Case for a Hierarchical Cosmology”
• Reprint of “Hierarchical Big Bang Cosmology”
• 20. Six Years Down Under at Mount Stromlo
• Reprint of “Novae in the Magellanic Clouds and in the Galaxy”
• Reprint of “Spectral Types and Luminosities of B, A, and F Southern Stars”
• 21. A Visit to Cordoba
• Reprint of part of “New Redshifts of Circumpolar Southern Galaxies”
• 22. In the Lone Star State
• 23. Popular Books and Textbooks
• List of Publications of Gérard de Vaucouleurs
• Additional List of Publications of Antoinette de Vaucouleurs