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On the conception, design, finance, construction, and operation of what was for decades the largest reflecting telescope. A lively story engagingly told. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Ronald Florence was educated at Berkeley and Harvard. The author of five previous books, he lives with his wife and son on the Connecticut shore, where they raise Cotswold sheep.
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"A superb history by a super writer and historian."-- Allan Sandage "Over to you, Pulitzer Prize Committee."-- Arthur C. Clarke

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  • ISBN 13 9780060182052
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