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Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World's Largest Observatory

Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World's Largest Observatory

Hardcover

Astronomy & SpaceGeneral SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 0306447630
ISBN13: 9780306447631
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jan 1 1994
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.76 Depth: 8.62
Language: English
The author combines the history of Mauna Kea, the Hawaiian 13,795-foot-high site of nine telescopes, with vignettes of the astronomers who work there. . . . Stories concerning political, environmental, and scientific battles are . . . [included with] descriptions of telescope construction and use. (Choice).

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