Description: The Hubble Wars by Eric J. Chaisson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Chaisson, the senior scientist on the HST project, tells the inside story of the much heralded mission to fix the telescope. Publisher Description The Hubble Space Telescope is the largest, most complex, and most powerful observatory ever deployed in space, designed to allow astronomers to look far back into our own cosmic past with unprecedented clarity. Yet from its launch in 1990, when it was discovered that a flawed mirror was causing severe "myopia" and sending fuzzy images back to Earth, the HST has been at the center of a controversy over who was at fault for the flaw and how it should be fixed. Now Eric Chaisson, a former senior scientist on the HST project, tells the inside story of the much heralded mission to fix the telescope. Drawing on his journals, Chaisson recreates the day-to-day struggles of scientists, politicians, and publicists to fix the telescope and control the political spin. Illustrated with "before and after" full-color pictures from the telescope and updated with a new preface, The Hubble Wars tells an engaging tale of scientific comedy and error.In this new edition, coming at the half-way point in the HSTs planned mission of fifteen years, Chaisson has brought the Hubble story up-to-date by sorting out the spectacular from the mundane contributions the HST has made to our knowledge of the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the distant galaxies of deep space. Author Biography Eric J. Chaisson is a Research Associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is the author of Cosmic Dawn, nominated for the National Book Award for distinguished science writing. Details ISBN 0674412559 ISBN-13 9780674412552 Title The Hubble Wars Author Eric J. Chaisson Format Paperback Year 1998 Pages 424 Edition New edition Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:17983107; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780674412552
Book Title: The Hubble Wars
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Name: Hubble Wars : Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-Billion-Dollar Struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope, with a New Preface
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Subject: Physics / Astrophysics, Optics, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Astronomy
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Eric J. Chaisson
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
