| Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 1, the Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution Contributor(s): Sandage, Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107412390 ISBN-13: 9781107412392 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Research & Methodology - Science | History - Science | Earth Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 507.207 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6" W x 9" (1.92 lbs) 662 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perched atop a mountain wilderness, the two mammoth solar tower telescopes and the 60- and 100-inch behemoth night-time reflectors of the Mount Wilson Observatory were the largest in the world, and at the center of the development of astrophysics. This book brings together the science and personal stories of those involved in the development of modern theories of stellar evolution and cosmology at the Mount Wilson Observatory. It is fully illustrated with contemporary photographs of people and instruments. |