The Cosmic Inquirers

Wallace Tucker; Karen Tucker

Published by Harvard University Press 1986

The Cosmic Inquirers

Modern Telescopes and Their Makers

Wallace Tucker

and Karen Tucker

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434141

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Tucker Wallace :

Wallace Tucker is science spokesman for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra X-ray Center. He is coauthor with his wife of numerous books on astronomy.Tucker Karen :

Karen Tucker is science writer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra X-ray Center. She is coauthor with her husband of numerous books on astronomy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENT Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PROLOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE. The Mushrooms of San Augustin: The Very Large Array Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
TWO. A High-Energy Astrophysicist and the Einstein X-Ray Observatory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
THREE. Lines and Spaces: Gamma Ray Astronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
FOUR. Dewars and Thinkers: The Infrared Astronomical Satellite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
FIVE. Where the Stars Don’t Twinkle: The Space Telescope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
EPILOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 221
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 14
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Telescopes.; Astronomy.; SCIENCE / General; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics; SCIENCE / History

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674434141

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1986
ISBN: 9780674434134