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Overview"Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the Statue of Liberty, this magnificent instrument is so precisely built that its seventeen-foot mirror was hand-polished to a tolerance of 2/1,000,000 of an inch. The telescope's construction drove some to the brink of madness, made others fearful that mortals might glimpse heaven, and transfixed an entire nation. Ronald Florence weaves into his account of the creation of ""the perfect machine"" a stirring chronicle of the birth of Big Science and a poignant rendering of an America mired in the depression yet reaching for the stars." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald FlorencePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Collins Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780060926700ISBN 10: 0060926708 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 04 August 1995 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews"""A superb history by a super writer and historian.""-- Allan Sandage ""Over to you, Pulitzer Prize Committee.""-- Arthur C. Clarke" A superb history by a super writer and historian. -- Allan Sandage Over to you, Pulitzer Prize Committee. -- Arthur C. Clarke Author InformationRonald Florence was educated at Berkeley and Harvard. The author of five previous books, he lives with his wife and son on the Connecticut shore, where they raise Cotswold sheep. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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