Title The universe in a mirror : the saga of the Hubble Telescope and the visionaries who built it / Robert Zimmerman

Published Princeton, NJ ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Foggy vision -- Slow start -- Getting money -- Building it -- Saving it -- "New phenomena not yet imagined" -- Abandonment -- The lure of the unknown Summary "The Universe in a Mirror" describes the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and more Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) -- History SUBJECT Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) fast Subject Orbiting astronomical observatories. Space astronomy -- History -- 20th century NATURE -- Sky Observation. SCIENCE -- Physics -- Astrophysics. Exploration of outer space Orbiting astronomical observatories Space astronomy Hubble-Weltraumteleskop SUBJECT Outer space -- Exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096159 Subject Outer space Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007943159 ISBN 9781400834761 1400834767

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