9780674412552
The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-Billion-Dollar Struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope
Eric J. Chaisson
ISBN 13: 9780674412552
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover
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In this new edition, coming at the half-way point in the HST's planned mission of fifteen years, Chaisson has brought the Hubble story up-to-date by sorting out the spectacular from the mundane contributions the HST has made to our knowledge of the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the distant galaxies of deep space.
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"May be the most readable and instructive book on the doing of science since James Watson wrote 'The Double Helix'."
Chet Raymo, New York Times
Review:"[Chaisson] brings us a heretofore untold story, as well as a wealth of fascinating details...Add it all up, and [Chaisson's] tale is a sobering reminder that even the grandeur of the final frontier is no match for the hubris--and pettiness--of humanity."
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