Stairway to the Stars

The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory

By:

Barry R Parker

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Paperback / softback

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Description

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).

Release date Australia

January 1st, 1994

Author

Barry R Parker

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Edition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994

Illustrations

116 Illustrations, black and white; X, 350 p. 116 illus.

Pages

350

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9780306447631

Product ID

13749665

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