Revealing the Universe The Making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory |
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| Author:
| Tucker, Wallace
Tucker, Karen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-00497-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.50 |
Book Description:
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From the first proposal for a large X-ray telescope in 1970 to the deployment of Chandra by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999, this book chronicles the technical feats, political struggles, and personal dramas that transformed an inspired vision into the world's supreme X-ray observatory.
From the first proposal for a large X-ray telescope in 1970 to the deployment of Chandra by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999, this book chronicles the technical feats, political struggles, and personal dramas that transformed an inspired vision into the world's supreme X-ray observatory.