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Synopsis
Chronicles the twenty-year campaign to construct the massive telescope at Mount Palomar in California and the scientists, engineers, and builders who played vital roles in the project.
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About the Author
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.
Review
"A superb history by a super writer and historian."-- Allan Sandage "Over to you, Pulitzer Prize Committee."-- Arthur C. Clarke
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- PublisherPaw Prints 2008-06-26
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1439509476
- ISBN 13 9781439509470
- BindingLibrary Binding
- LanguageEnglish
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