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Stairway to the Stars

The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 1-16
  3. The Early Years

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 17-38
  4. Expansion and New Telescopes

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 39-65
  5. The Continuing Story of Keck

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 89-114
  6. Visiting the Top of the World

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 115-144
  7. Night at the Observatory

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 145-166
  8. Running the Observatory: The Directors

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 167-194
  9. Monster at the Core

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 195-219
  10. Surveying the Universe

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 221-243
  11. Searching for the Ends of the Universe

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 245-262
  12. Stars and Stellar Debris

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 263-282
  13. Searching for Other Planetary Systems

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 283-297
  14. The Future: Other Telescopes

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 317-329
  15. Epilogue

    • Barry Parker
    Pages 331-332
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 333-350

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stairway to the Stars

  • Book Subtitle: The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory

  • Authors: Barry Parker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6052-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Barry Parker 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44763-1Published: 01 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6052-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 350

  • Number of Illustrations: 116 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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