Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kevin Schindler, Will Grundy, Annette and Alden Tombaugh and W. Stern (Contribution by)Publish date:2018-03-12Pages:194
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540228505ISBN-10:1540228509UPC:9781540228505Book Category:History, Photography, ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, Space ScienceBook Topic:State & Local, Regional, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCV7Y77EQ5
Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka " experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540228505ISBN-10:1540228509UPC:9781540228505Book Category:History, Photography, ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, Space ScienceBook Topic:State & Local, Regional, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCV7Y77EQ5
Schindler, Kevin: - Kevin Schindler is a native of Ohio but has lived in Flagstaff for more than twenty years, working for most of that time at Lowell Observatory. He graduated from Marietta College in 1987, majoring in geology and with a strong focus on paleontology. He currently serves as Lowell Observatory's historian after two decades of leading the observatory's education and outreach...
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
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