Zimmerman The Universe in a Mirror

The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3476-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Zimmerman, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix

Preface xiii

Chapter 1: Foggy Vision 1

Chapter 2: Slow Start 20

Chapter 3: Getting Money 47

Chapter 4: Building It 77

Chapter 5: Saving It 118

Chapter 6: "New Phenomena Not Yet Imagined" 157

Chapter 7: Abandonment 182

Chapter 8: The Lure of the Unknown 209

Afterword to the Paperback Edition 235

Notes 243

Bibliography 261

Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning science writer and historian whose work has appeared in Natural History, the Wall Street Journal, and Astronomy, among other leading publications. His books include Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel and Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8.