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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Emily LevesquePublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781728234458ISBN 10: 172823445 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 04 February 2022 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIf you've ever wondered what astronomers do--what they really do--and the human journey from the era of eyepieces to gigantic robotic cameras, The Last Stargazers puts you there with compelling honesty, following the scientists and students with hundred-ton telescopes as backdrop. - Erik Asphaug, author of When the Earth Had Two Moons Levesque leads readers on a pilgrimage to observatories throughout the world in her wonderful debut. This will particularly appeal to young women interested in science, but any stargazer would enjoy this joyous adventure through modern astronomy. - Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review Levesque leads readers on a pilgrimage to observatories throughout the world in her wonderful debut. This will particularly appeal to young women interested in science, but any stargazer would enjoy this joyous adventure through modern astronomy. - Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review If you've ever wondered what astronomers do--what they really do-and the human journey from the era of eyepieces to gigantic robotic cameras, The Last Stargazers puts you there with compelling honesty, following the scientists and students with hundred-ton telescopes as backdrop. - Erik Asphaug, author of When the Earth Had Two Moons Author InformationEMILY LEVESQUE is a professor at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle. She received her SB in physics from MIT and a PhD from the University of Hawaii. She has won the American Astronomical Society's Annie Jump Cannon Award and Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, among other awards. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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