Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.
Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.
Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N522.29/2
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: Beautiful and Cantankerous Instruments -- 1. Leo and Jesse's Changing World -- 2. Tradition and Balance -- 3. Visions of Grandeur -- 4. Paper Telescopes -- 5. Growing Pains -- 6. Astropolitics -- 7. Smoke and Mirrors -- 8. Joining the 8-Meter Club -- 9. Point-and-Click Astronomy -- Con...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
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Massachusetts
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2003.
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"Drawing on archival documents and interviews with participants, W. Patrick McCray describes the ambitions and machinations of prominent astronomers, engineers, funding patrons, and politicians in their effort to construct a modern facility for cutting-edge science - and to establish a model for international cooperation in the coming era of "megas...
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Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N522.29/2
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74VK2rGQ6NmZ
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0674011473 (alk. paper)
9780674011472 (alk. paper)
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522.29
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991018058889702626
