Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.
Cambridge, Mass. ; Harvard University Press, 2006, c2004London : Harvard University Press, 2006, c2004Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0674019962 (pbk.)
- 9780674019966 (pbk.)
- QB90 .M33 2006
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | QB90 .M33 2006 | 1 | Available | 50583020000232 |
Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Beautiful and cantankerous instruments -- 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 -- Conclusion: Telescopes, postwar science, and the next big machine -- Giant telescopes.