Describes the technology of the Very Large Array, the Einstein X-ray Observatory, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, and the Space Telescope, and shares interviews with the individuals who make and use these tools
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Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Zustand: good. First Printing. 221, wraps, illus., bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Wallace Tucker is an astrophysicist associated with the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of California. This book provides a remarkable inside view of the people who helped to forge some of the most sensitive tools of modern science, the astronomical observatories. Based on interviews with pioneers in several new fields of astronomy, this book recounts the efforts of scientists to promote, design, and build these magnificent instruments despite political and technical obstacles. Artikel-Nr. 43979
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