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The Sky Eye Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) Rendong Nan, editor
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nan, Rendong, 1945-
- Series:
- China's big science facilities 2662-7698
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio telescopes--China.
- Radio telescopes.
- Astronomy--Research--China.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomy--Research.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore Springer [China] Zhejiang Education Publishing House [2021]
- Language Note:
- Translated from Chinese
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book introduces the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also known as the "The Sky Eye", one of the Chinas big science facilities. Using easy-to-understand language, the book covers the scientific background, construction process, achievements, and effects of FAST on the development of the national economy. With a large number of intuitive and vivid images and videos, the book presents basic information on FAST for general readers who are interested in astronomy
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. The way to the Universe
- Chapter 2. The Sky Eye explores the sky
- Chapter 3. Big scientific facilitiesChinas innovations
- Chapter 4. The long march of the dream chaser
- Chapter 5. Memorabilia
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 10, 2021)
- Other Format:
- Print version Sky Eye
- ISBN:
- 9789811638244
- 9811638241
- OCLC:
- 1281588666
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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