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

Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory image
ISBN-10:

0306447630

ISBN-13:

9780306447631

Author(s): Parker, Barry
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1994
Publisher: Basic Books
Format: Hardcover, 350 pages
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Description:

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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