Giant Telescopes : : Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology / / W. Patrick McCray.
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 st...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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