Cargando…
The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other s...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Lenguaje: | eng |
| Publicado: |
Princeton Univ. Press
2008
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1142638 |
| _version_ | 1780915608320212992 |
|---|---|
| author | Zimmerman, Robert |
| author_facet | Zimmerman, Robert |
| author_sort | Zimmerman, Robert |
| collection | CERN |
| description | The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other startling discoveries. But it took an amazing amount of work and perseverance to get the first space telescope up and running. <i>The Universe in a Mirror</i> tells the story of this telescope and the visionaries responsible for its extraordinary accomplishments. Robert Zimmerman takes readers beh |
| id | cern-1142638 |
| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2008 |
| publisher | Princeton Univ. Press |
| record_format | invenio |
| spelling | cern-11426382021-04-22T01:41:12Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1142638engZimmerman, RobertThe universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built itAstrophysics and Astronomy The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other startling discoveries. But it took an amazing amount of work and perseverance to get the first space telescope up and running. <i>The Universe in a Mirror</i> tells the story of this telescope and the visionaries responsible for its extraordinary accomplishments. Robert Zimmerman takes readers behPrinceton Univ. Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:11426382008 |
| spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Zimmerman, Robert The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title | The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title_full | The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title_fullStr | The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title_full_unstemmed | The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title_short | The universe in a mirror: the saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| title_sort | universe in a mirror: the saga of the hubble space telescope and the visionaries who built it |
| topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1142638 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT zimmermanrobert theuniverseinamirrorthesagaofthehubblespacetelescopeandthevisionarieswhobuiltit AT zimmermanrobert universeinamirrorthesagaofthehubblespacetelescopeandthevisionarieswhobuiltit |