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Autore |
Sevigny Melissa L. <1986-> |
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Titolo |
Under Desert Skies : How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets / / Melissa L. Sevigny |
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Tucson : , : Sentinel Peak, , 2016 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Planetary science - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher. |
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