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Mt Stromlo Observatory :

(Number (ISBN

1486300758 (hardback)

(Number (ISBN

9781486300754 (hardback)

Erroneous ISBN

1486300766 (epdf)

Erroneous ISBN

1486300774 (epub)

Erroneous ISBN

9781486300761 (epdf)

Erroneous ISBN

9781486300778 (epub)

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Mt Stromlo Observatory :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from bush observatory to the Nobel Prize /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey Butcher

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 330 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

A beginning in the bush -- A bush observatory -- Caretaker -- Second World War : the observatory becomes an optical munitions factory -- The change master -- The astronomical godfather -- A life on the dome floor -- An astronomical entrepreneur -- An instrumentalist and the MACHO project -- Masters of the universe -- Bushfires and a new beginning -- Stromlo fellows and a Nobel Prize -- Brian Schmidt's Nobel Lecture 2011 : accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae

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Text of Note

"This book tells the story of the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra which began with W.G. Duffield's idealism and vision in 1905. The Observatory began life as a government department, later becoming an optical munitions factory producing gun sights and telescopes during the Second World War, before changing its focus to astrophysics--the new astronomy. In the ensuing years programs were introduced to push the Observatory in new directions at the international frontiers of astronomy. The astronomers built new, better and larger telescopes to unravel the secrets of the universe. There were controversies, exciting new discoveries and new explanations of phenomena that had been discovered. The Observatory and its researchers have contributed to determining how old the universe is, participated in the largest survey of galaxies in the universe, and helped to show us that the universal expansion is accelerating--research that led to Brian Schmidt and his international team being awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. These and other major discoveries are detailed in this fascinating book about one of the great observatories in the world."--Page 4 of cover

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

150 Oxford Street (PO Box 1139) Collingwood VIC 3066

Mount Stromlo Observatory

Mount Stromlo Observatory-- History

Astronomical observatories-- Australia-- Canberra (A.C.T.)

Astronomy-- Australia-- Canberra (A.C.T.)-- History

Astronomy-- Australia-- History

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Edition

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Book number

Bhathal, R. S.

Butcher, Harvey R.

Sutherland, Ralph

Date of Transaction

20140610021241.0

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rda

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[Book]

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