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]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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