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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