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- catalog abstract ""Drawing on archival documents and interviews with participants, W. Patrick McCray describes the ambitions and machinations of prominent astronomers, engineers, funding patrons, and politicians in their effort to construct a modern facility for cutting-edge science - and to establish a model for international cooperation in the coming era of "megascience". His account details the technological, institutional, cultural, and financial challenges that scientists faced while planning and building a new generation of giant telescopes. Besides exploring how and why scientists embraced the promise and potential of new technologies, he considers how these new tools affected what it means to be an astronomer. McCray's book should interest anyone who desires a deeper understanding of the science, technology, and politics behind finding our place in the universe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12945612.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Drawing on archival documents and interviews with participants, W. Patrick McCray describes the ambitions and machinations of prominent astronomers, engineers, funding patrons, and politicians in their effort to construct a modern facility for cutting-edge science - and to establish a model for international cooperation in the coming era of "megascience". His account details the technological, institutional, cultural, and financial challenges that scientists faced while planning and building a new generation of giant telescopes. Besides exploring how and why scientists embraced the promise and potential of new technologies, he considers how these new tools affected what it means to be an astronomer. McCray's book should interest anyone who desires a deeper understanding of the science, technology, and politics behind finding our place in the universe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-356) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Beautiful and cantankerous instruments -- Leo and Jesse's changing world -- Tradition and balance -- Visions of grandeur -- Paper telescopes -- Growing pains -- Astropolitics -- Smoke and mirrors -- Joining the 8-meter club -- Point-and-click astronomy -- Conclusion: Telescopes, postwar science, and the next big machine -- Giant telescopes.".
- catalog extent "367 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674011473 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog subject "522/.29 22".
- catalog subject "Large astronomical telescopes Technological innovations.".
- catalog subject "Large astronomical telescopes.".
- catalog subject "QB90 .M33 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Beautiful and cantankerous instruments -- Leo and Jesse's changing world -- Tradition and balance -- Visions of grandeur -- Paper telescopes -- Growing pains -- Astropolitics -- Smoke and mirrors -- Joining the 8-meter club -- Point-and-click astronomy -- Conclusion: Telescopes, postwar science, and the next big machine -- Giant telescopes.".
- catalog title "Giant telescopes : astronomical ambition and the promise of technology / W. Patrick McCray.".
- catalog type "text".