The Great Palomar Telescope
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The Great Palomar Telescope
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Author : Helen Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
The Great Palomar Telescope written by Helen Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Reflecting telescopes categories.
The Perfect Machine
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Author : Ronald Florence
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-08-16
The Perfect Machine written by Ronald Florence and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-16 with History categories.
Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, this magnificent instrument is so precisely built that its seventeen-foot mirror was hand-polished to a tolerance of 2/1,000,000 of an inch. The telescope's construction drove some to the brink of madness, made others fearful that mortals might glimpse heaven, and transfixed an entire nation. Ronald Florence weaves into his account of the creation of "the perfect machine" a stirring chronicle of the birth of Big Science and a poignant rendering of an America mired in the depression yet reaching for the stars.
The Great Palomar Telescope Etc With Plates
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Author : Helen WRIGHT (Astronomer.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
The Great Palomar Telescope Etc With Plates written by Helen WRIGHT (Astronomer.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with categories.
Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory And The Hale Telescope
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Author : California Institute of Technology
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory And The Hale Telescope written by California Institute of Technology and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Astronomical observatories categories.
Palomar The World S Largest Telescope
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Author : Helen Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Palomar The World S Largest Telescope written by Helen Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Astronomical observatories categories.
Cosmic Odyssey
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Author : Linda Schweizer
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2020-11-24
Cosmic Odyssey written by Linda Schweizer and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-24 with Science categories.
From newborn galaxies to icy worlds and blazing quasars, a behind-the-scenes story of how Palomar Observatory astronomers unveiled our complex universe. Ever since 1936, pioneering scientists at Palomar Observatory in Southern California have pushed against the boundaries of the known universe, making a series of dazzling discoveries that changed our view of the cosmos: quasars, colliding galaxies, supermassive black holes, brown dwarfs, supernovae, dark matter, the never-ending expansion of the universe, and much more. In Cosmic Odyssey, astronomer Linda Schweizer tells the story of the men and women at Palomar and their efforts to decipher the vast energies and mysterious processes that govern our universe. Palomar was the Apollo mission of its era. The first images from the 200-inch George Ellery Hale telescope, commissioned in 1948 as the world's largest, generated as much excitement as images from the moon in 1969 and from the Hubble Space Telescope more recently. So far, Palomar's “Big Eye” and three other telescopes have yielded more than 75,000 telescope-nights of precious data. Schweizer takes readers behind the scenes of scientific discovery, mapping the often chaotic process of detours, dead ends, and serendipitous leaps of insight. Although her focus is on Palomar, she follows threads of discovery across the world to other teams and observatories. Based on more than one hundred interviews and enhanced by research in scientific journals, her account paints a fascinating picture of how discrete insights acquired over decades by researchers in a global community cascade, collide, and finally coalesce into the discoveries we come to accept as facts.
Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory And The Hale Telescope
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Author : Raymond Blaine Fosdick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory And The Hale Telescope written by Raymond Blaine Fosdick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with categories.
Frontiers In Space
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Author : Mt. Wilson Observatory, Calif
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Frontiers In Space written by Mt. Wilson Observatory, Calif and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Astronomical observatories categories.
Palomar Mountain
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Author : Brad Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2009-12
Palomar Mountain written by Brad Bailey and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12 with History categories.
Rising 6,140 feet into the sky, Palomar Mountain is one of the highest peaks in San Diego County. It is best known as the location for the iconic Palomar Observatory and its giant 200-inch Hale telescope. But since the mid-1800s, this mile-high forested oasis in the Southern California desert has also been a haven to rustlers, ranchers, and recluses, as well as practitioners of high science and promoters of extraterrestrials. Early Luiseno Indians were the mountain's first inhabitants, and ever since then, it has been a special place with a magical attraction to many looking for inspiration and solitude. Today Palomar Mountain is home to a small, thriving community with an eclectic mix of about 300 citizens, some of whom are descendants from the original 19th-century pioneer families."
The Glass Giant Of Palomar
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Author : David Oakes Woodbury
language : en
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Release Date : 1970
The Glass Giant Of Palomar written by David Oakes Woodbury and has been published by Dodd Mead this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Palomar Observatory categories.