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Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Title
Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory / Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker.
Author
Tucker, Wallace H.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.

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Tucker, Karen.
Description
vi, 295 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
  • "When the first X-ray detectors revealed many places in the universe that are too hot to be seen by optical and radio telescopes, pioneering X-ray astronomers realized they were onto something big. They knew that a large X-ray observatory must be created if they were ever to understand such astonishing phenomena as neutron stars, supernovas, black holes, and dark matter. What they could not know was how monumental in time, money, and effort this undertaking would be.
  • Revealing the Universe tells the story of the Chandra X-ray Observatory."--BOOK JACKET.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270) and index.
Contents
I. The Dream of a Large-X-ray Observatory. 1. High-Energy Vision. 2. Invisible Light. 3. Light Quanta. 4. The Birth of X-ray Astronomy. 5. X-ray Stars. 6. The Uhuru Years. 7. The Einstein Observatory -- II. A New Concept and a New Start. 8. Ready for the Job. 9. Blazing the Trail. 10. Jockeying for Position. 11. The Great Observatories. 12. The Belmont Retreat. 13. Progress and Setbacks -- III. The Mirror Challenge. 14. The Challenge Is Set. 15. The Challenge Is Met -- IV. Restructuring. 16. A Bruising Lesson. 17. Conflict and Compromise -- V. Building an Observatory. 18. Crinding, Polishing, and Coating the Mirrors. 19. The Mirror Assembly. 20. Calibration. 21. The Scientific Instruments. 22. An Observatory and a Name -- VI. Looking over Galileo's Shoulder. 23. Launch. 24. Activation. 25. First Light. 26. The Exploration Begins.
ISBN
0674004973 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
00053862
OCLC
  • ocm45201964
  • SCSB-4141599
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Columbia University Libraries