Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory
Author:   Barry R. PARKER
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
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9780306447631


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   01 January 1994
Format:   Paperback
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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)."

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Author:   Barry R. PARKER
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780306447631


ISBN 10:   0306447630
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   01 January 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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