Giant Telescopes - Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology

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Author: W. Patrick McCray
ISBN: 9780674011472

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Every night, astronomers use a new generation of giant telescopes at observatories around the world to study phenomena at the forefront of science. By... Lire la suite

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Every night, astronomers use a new generation of giant telescopes at observatories around the world to study phenomena at the forefront of science. By focusing on the history of the Gemini Observatory-twin 8-meter telescopes located on mountain peaks in Hawaii and Chile-Giant Telescopes tells the story behind the planning and construction of modern scientific tools, offering a detailed view of the technological and political transformation of astronomy in the postwar era.

- Leo and Jesse's Changing World
- Tradition and Balance
- Visions of Grandeur
- Paper Telescopes
- Growing Pains
- Astropolitics
- Smoke and Mirrors
- Joining the 8-Meter Club
- Point-and-Click Astronomy

Date de parution

01/01/2004
Editeur

Harvard University Press
ISBN

0-674-01147-3
EAN

9780674011472
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Broché
Nb. de pages

372 pages
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0.695 Kg
Dimensions

16,1 cm × 24,2 cm × 2,5 cm

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Biographie de W. Patrick McCray

W. Patrick McCray is an assistant professor in the History Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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