Author:
Finkbeiner, Ann K., 1943-
Edition Statement:1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Imprint:New York : Free Press, 2010.
Descriptionix, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Stakes worth playing for -- Chicagoland -- Putting on the play -- Photometric war -- Running open loop -- First light -- Drift scanning -- Spectroscopic war -- Precision -- The virtual observatory -- Everything's different -- Jim again.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-212) and index.
Note:Finkbeiner tells the extraordinary story of a group of astronomers that decides to create an enormous map of the universe, an extremely detailed computerized observatory.