A grand and bold thing : an extraordinary new map of the universe ushering in a new era of discovery / Ann Finkbeiner.

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.

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