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Under Desert Skies : How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets / Melissa L. Sevigny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Planetary science--History.
- Planetary science.
- University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory--History.
- University of Arizona.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : Sentinel Peak, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Part 1. Arrival
- Part 2. Target Moon
- Part 3. Teaching
- Part 4. Voyages
- Part 5. Returning
- Epilogue : worlds beyond.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8165-3381-4
- OCLC:
- 939827430
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