Revealing the universe: the making of the chandra x-ray observatory
Auteur :
Tucker, Wallace / Tucker, Karen
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674004979
Date de publication :
28 mai 2001
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
635 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
From the first proposal for a large X-ray telescope in 1970 to the deployment of Chandra by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999, this book chronicles the technical feats, political struggles, and personal dramas that transformed an inspired vision into the world's supreme X-ray observatory.