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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

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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).

Keywords

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES

1994Book

Author(s)Barry Parker, Barry R. Parker, Parker, Barry., Barry R. PARKER

PublisherNew York, New York, U.S.A.: Plenum Pr

ISBN9780306447631

LanguageEnglish

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