Abstract :
[en] Some readers might get a false impression of Otto Heckmann from the brief mention of him in Trimble's recent book review in these pages, so I would like to add some more information. I studied physics and astronomy at the University of Hamburg and worked as a student at the Hamburg Observatory, of which Heckmann had been director (long before my time), so while I have no first-hand information, some is second- or third-hand.
Commentary :
This gives some background information about Otto Heckmann, prompted by concern that readers might get the wrong impression of him from a brief mention in a book review in a previous issue of The Observatory.
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