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The universe in a mirror the saga of the Hubble Telescope and the visionaries who built it / Robert Zimmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, (c)2008.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400834761
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QB500 .U558 2008
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Contents:
Slow start -- Getting money -- Building it -- Saving it -- "New phenomena not yet imagined" -- Abandonment -- The lure of the unknown.
Subject: "The Universe in a Mirror" describes the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and more.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QB500.268 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn852159719

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foggy vision -- Slow start -- Getting money -- Building it -- Saving it -- "New phenomena not yet imagined" -- Abandonment -- The lure of the unknown.

"The Universe in a Mirror" describes the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and more.

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