Big and Bright : : A History of the McDonald Observatory /

Big and Bright : : A History of the McDonald Observatory / / David S. Evans, J. Derral Mulholland.

By day, every year over 40,000 visitors pour in. Across the Rio Grande, a hundred miles away, Mexican mountaineers use the white domes as landmarks. By night, perched almost 7,000 feet above the sleeping, earthbound world, astronomers probe the secrets of the night sky. This is the University of Tex...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Evans, David S.,
Mulholland, J. Derral,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1986
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:History of Science Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (226 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Tourist's Observatory
  • 2. The Benefactor
  • 3. The Legal Contests
  • 4. The Texas-Chicago Agreement
  • 5. Choosing and Developing the Site
  • 6. A Mosque on Mount Locke
  • 7. Astronomy Comes to West Texas
  • 8. Mr. McDonald's Telescope
  • 9. The Dedication
  • 10. War Years, Struve Years
  • 11. Triumphs and Transitions
  • 12. Interregnum
  • 13. Texas Independence
  • 14. Launching the Modern Era
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDIX A The Last Will and Testament of William Johnson McDonald
  • APPENDIX B The Directors of the McDonald Observatory
  • APPENDIX C The Telescopes of the University of Texas Observatories
  • References
  • Index

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