Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World'slargest Observatory

Author/Contributor(s):	Parker, Barry
Publisher:	Basic Books
Date:	08/02/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The author combines the history of Mauna Kea, the Hawaiian 13,795-foot-high site of nine telescopes, with vignettes of the astronomers who work there. . . . Stories concerning political, environmental, and scientific battles are . . . [included with] descriptions of telescope construction and use. (Choice).