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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796022803321

Autore

Sevigny Melissa L. <1986->

Titolo

Under Desert Skies : How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets / / Melissa L. Sevigny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson : , : Sentinel Peak, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8165-3381-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

559.9

Soggetti

Planetary science - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.