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The last stargazers : the enduring story of astronomy's vanishing explorers / Emily Levesque.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levesque, Emily, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Levesque, Emily.
- Astronomy--Popular works.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomers--Popular works.
- Astronomers.
- Astronomical observatories--Popular works.
- Astronomical observatories.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Informational works.
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022]
- Summary:
- Levesque takes readers inside the most powerful telescopes in the world and introduces the people who run them. She also explores the future of one of the most ancient and inspiring scientific disciplines as we gain the ability to see farther beyond our planet than ever before while relying increasingly on code and computers to study the stars.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One First Light
- ch. Two Prime Focus
- ch. Three Has Anybody Seen the Condors?
- ch. Four Hours Lost: Six. Reason: Volcano
- ch. Five The Harm from the Bullets Was Extraordinarily Small
- ch. Six A Mountain of One's Own
- ch. Seven Hayrides and Hurricanes
- ch. Eight Flying with the Stratonauts
- ch. Nine Three Seconds in Argentina
- ch. Ten Test Mass
- ch. Eleven Target of Opportunity
- ch. Twelve The Supernova in Your Inbox
- ch. Thirteen Synoptic Future.
- Notes:
- Includes reading group guide.
- Includes bibliographical reference and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781728234458
- 172823445X
- OCLC:
- 1241442224
- Publisher Number:
- 99988922059
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