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Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.

By: Cambridge, Mass. ; Harvard University Press, 2006, c2004London : Harvard University Press, 2006, c2004Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0674019962 (pbk.)
  • 9780674019966 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB90 .M33 2006
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QB90 .M33 2006 1 Available 50583020000232
Total holds: 0

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.

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