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Keep watching the skies! : the story of Operation Moonwatch & the dawn of the spage age
- Title
- Keep watching the skies! : the story of Operation Moonwatch & the dawn of the spage age / W. Patrick McCray.
- Author
- McCray, Patrick (W. Patrick)
- Publication
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 08-4227 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 308 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: "THEY said it couldn't be done!" -- Cultures of observation -- An astronomical engineer -- Wanted: satellite spotters -- Of spacehounds and lunartiks -- Seeing history through a small telescope -- Amateurs provide strength on the bench -- Moonwatch grows up -- The legacy of Moonwatch.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-4227
- ISBN
- 9780691128542
- 0691128545
- LCCN
- 2007941755
- OCLC
- 181142091
- Author
- McCray, Patrick (W. Patrick)
- Title
- Keep watching the skies! : the story of Operation Moonwatch & the dawn of the spage age / W. Patrick McCray.
- Imprint
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-4227