The Perfect Machine - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:PerfectBoundISBN-13:9780060926700ISBN-10:60926708UPC:9780060926700Book Category:Science, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Space Science, Star Observation, WorldBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.40 x 5.56 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCR2XYD7FR
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:PerfectBoundISBN-13:9780060926700ISBN-10:60926708UPC:9780060926700Book Category:Science, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Space Science, Star Observation, WorldBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.40 x 5.56 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCR2XYD7FR
Florence, Ronald: - Ronald 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.
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