Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World's Largest Observatory

by Barry Parker

Book Overview

The author combines "the history of Mauna Kea, the Hawaiian 13,795-foot-high site of nine telescopes, with vignettes of the astronomers who work there. . . . Stories concerning political,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306447630
• ISBN13: 9780306447631
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"