The Perfect Machine: Building the Palomar Telescope

Florence, Ronald

ISBN 10: 0060182059 / ISBN 13: 9780060182052

Published by Harpercollins, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perfect Machine: Building the Palomar Telescope
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060182059
• ISBN 13: 9780060182052
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

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.

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.