Aura and Its Us National Observatories

ISBN-13: 9780521553452 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 386 str.

Frank K. Edmondson

Opis

The subject of this history is the science and politics of the establishment, funding, construction and operation of two important American observatories, the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The book is written from the unique perspective of Frank K. Edmondson, a former member of the AURA board of directors. Drawing on oral histories, archival material, as well as the author's personal participation from 1956 to the present, this is a personal account of a period of major innovation in American optical astronomy. Will be of interest to historians and astronomers alike.

Recenzje

'We may surmise that, in the eyes of twenty-first-century historians of astronomy, twentieth-century astronomers have done well. They will be particularly grateful to Frank Edmondson for this outstanding contribution on the US national observatories. Adriaan Blaauw, Journal of History and Astronomy

Spis treści

Part I. The Beginning; Part II. AURA is Created; Part III. New Directions for AURA; Part IV. Cerro Tololo's Neighbours; Part V. Epilogue.