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Title A grand and bold thing : the extraordinary new map of the universe ushering in a new era of discovery / Ann Finkbeiner.
Author Finkbeiner, Ann K., 1943-
Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2010.
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Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description ix, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Stakes worth playing for -- Chicagoland -- Putting on the play -- Phoeometric war -- Running open loop -- First light -- Drift scanning -- Spectroscopic war -- Precision -- The virtual observatory -- Everything's different -- Jim again.
Subject Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy.
Astronomical spectroscopy.
Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Data processing.
Astronomical instruments -- Technological innovations.
Galaxies -- Observations.
Quasars -- Observations.
Gunn, J. E. (James Edward), 1938-
ISBN 9781416552161 : $27.00
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