The Cosmic Inquirers

Wallace Tucker; Karen Tucker

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

The Cosmic Inquirers

Modern Telescopes and Their Makers

Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker

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

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TuckerWallace:

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.TuckerKaren:

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.

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

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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

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Published: February 5, 1986
ISBN: 9780674434134