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Uva-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Anton Pannekoek, Marxist astronomer Photography, epistemic virtues, and political philosophy in early twentieth-century astronomy Tai, C.K. Publication date 2021 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Tai, C. K. (2021). Anton Pannekoek, Marxist astronomer: Photography, epistemic virtues, and political philosophy in early twentieth-century astronomy. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:02 Oct 2021 Archives AIP Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD. AIP/DM Donald Menzel autobiography, 1974 [MB2013-1167]. AIP/OH Oral History Interviews, www.aip.org/history- programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories. AIP/OS Otto Struve selected correspondence, microform [MI78]. API Archive of the Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam. HUA Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, MA. HUA/DM Papers of Donald Howard Menzel [HUG 4567]. 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