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Frontmatter
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W. Patrick McCray
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Beautiful and Cantankerous Instruments 1
- 1 Leo and Jesse’s Changing World 13
- 2 Tradition and Balance 50
- 3 Visions of Grandeur 84
- 4 Paper Telescopes 114
- 5 Growing Pains 143
- 6 Astropolitics 172
- 7 Smoke and Mirrors 204
- 8 Joining the 8-Meter Club 237
- 9 Point-and-Click Astronomy 265
- Conclusion: Telescopes, Postwar Science, and the Next Big Machine 290
- Giant Telescopes 309
- Sources 311
- Abbreviations 317
- Notes 319
- Acknowledgments 357
- Index 359
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Beautiful and Cantankerous Instruments 1
- 1 Leo and Jesse’s Changing World 13
- 2 Tradition and Balance 50
- 3 Visions of Grandeur 84
- 4 Paper Telescopes 114
- 5 Growing Pains 143
- 6 Astropolitics 172
- 7 Smoke and Mirrors 204
- 8 Joining the 8-Meter Club 237
- 9 Point-and-Click Astronomy 265
- Conclusion: Telescopes, Postwar Science, and the Next Big Machine 290
- Giant Telescopes 309
- Sources 311
- Abbreviations 317
- Notes 319
- Acknowledgments 357
- Index 359
