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Giant telescopes astronomical ambition and the promise of technology /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
Harvard University Press,
2006, ©2004.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Conclusion: Telescopes, Postwar Science, and the Next Big Machine
- Giant Telescopes
- Sources
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index