Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland...
Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland...
Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey Butcher.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Collingwood, VIC CSIRO Publishing, [2013]
Call Numbers
G 2014/1111
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 330 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Collingwood, VIC CSIRO Publishing, [2013]
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
[2013]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield's idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics - the new astr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey Butcher.
Portion of title
Mount Stromlo Observatory.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2013.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2014/1111
Record Identifier
74VKqv3JJMrO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqv3JJMrO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781486300754
DDC
522.109947
MMS ID
991020205199702626
