01934oam 22005054a 450 991079602280332120231219184918.00-8165-3381-4(CKB)3780000000096361(EBL)4509637(SSID)ssj0001614024(PQKBManifestationID)16341659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001614024(PQKBWorkID)14463168(PQKB)10704146(MiAaPQ)EBC4509637(OCoLC)939827430(MdBmJHUP)muse52638(EXLCZ)99378000000009636120150807d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnder Desert Skies How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets /Melissa L. SevignyTucson :Sentinel Peak,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2016©2016.1 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-941451-04-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond."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.Planetary scienceHistoryPlanetary scienceHistory.559.9Sevigny Melissa L.1986-1491072MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910796022803321Under Desert Skies3712643UNINA