{"product_id":"the-creation-of-the-anglo-australian-observatory-paperback-9780521020190","title":"The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521020190","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn important 1990 history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which provides facilities for research in optical astronomy for scientists from Britain and Australia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eS. C. B. Gascoigne (Author), K. M. Proust (Author), M. O. Robins (Author), Paul J. Wild (Foreword by), Sir Robert Wison (With)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521020190, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.504 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"... will be of interest to those who worked to create, and who have worked at the observatory.  It will also doubtless provide policy makers and future historians with material and pointers...\"   Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1990 book is the official history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope which started to be built at Coonabarabran in New South Wales in 1968 and came into operation in 1974. The telescope is part of the Anglo-Australian Observatory which provides facilities for research in optical astronomy for scientists from Britain and Australia. The authors of this book were all involved in different capacities throughout the development of the telescope. As such it gives a detailed and personal record of the scientific, administrative and political developments from the moment negotiations began to the present day. The AAT has been, and continues to be, an outstanding success and can lay claim to being the best instrumented telescope in the world, with a very wide capability and high sensitivity. This is a unique and important book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The scientific background\u003cbr\u003e 2. The technical background\u003cbr\u003e 3. The campaign for a large telescope: aspirations and realities\u003cbr\u003e 4. An Anglo-Australian agreement\u003cbr\u003e 5. Site, dome and building\u003cbr\u003e 6. Optics and tube\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mounting, drive and control\u003cbr\u003e 8. Telescope or observatory?\u003cbr\u003e 9. The beginnings of the observatory\u003cbr\u003e 10. Commissioning\u003cbr\u003e 11. The UK Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring Observatory\u003cbr\u003e 12. Some achievements of the AAT\u003cbr\u003e 13. Political winds of change\u003cbr\u003e 14. Towards the next century\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment \u0026amp; methods [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment \u0026amp; methods\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Astronomical%20observation:%20observatories,%20equipment%20\u0026amp;%20methods%20%5BPGG%5D%22\"\u003ePGG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006159606040,"sku":"9780521020190","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521020190i.jpg?v=1694963443","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-creation-of-the-anglo-australian-observatory-paperback-9780521020190","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}