Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the Nobel prize /

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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, b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bhathal, R. S. (Autor), Sutherland, Ralph (Autor), Butcher, Harvey R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013.
Temas:
Mount Stromlo Observatory.
Mount Stromlo Observatory > History.
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Astronomical observatories > Australia.
Astronomy > Australia > History.
Astronomy > Australia > Australian Capital Territory > History.
Observatoires astronomiques > Australie.
Astronomie > Australie > Histoire.
Astronomie > Australie > Territoire fédéral de Canberra > Histoire.
NATURE > Sky Observation.
Astronomical observatories
Astronomy
Australia
Australian Capital Territory
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A beginning in the bush
  • A bush observatory
  • Caretaker
  • Second World War : the observatory becomes an optical munitions factory
  • The change master
  • The astronomical godfather
  • A life on the dome floor
  • An astronomical entrepreneur
  • An instrumentalist and the MACHO project
  • Masters of the universe
  • Bushfires and a new beginning
  • Stromlo fellows and a Nobel Prize
  • Brian Schmidt's Nobel Lecture 2011 : accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.

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