The Jodrell Bank telescopes / Bernard Lovell.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank.
• Astronomical observatories--England--Decision making.
• Astronomical observatories.
• Decision making.
• England.

Physical Description:

xvi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1985]

Summary:

This book will be of adsorbing interest to all who are interested in twentieth-century science and in the complexities and hazards of decision-making where large-scale projects are concerned. This book is not only about telescopes but also about the instruments that, but for the impact of financial or political issues might now have existed in their place.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198581785 :

OCLC:

10996443