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This complete and comprehensive history of the Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia's best known scientific facility, explores its impact up to and including the devastating fire that destroyed it. This reference reveals the history of the observatory and details the contribution it has made to our current understanding of the universe.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Director s message Abbreviations and acronyms Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 A place in the sun, 1905-1923 2 The road to Stromlo, 1924-1930 3 Problems and progress, 1931-1939 4 War on the mountain, 1940-1945 5 From the sun to the stars, 1946-1950 6 A fruitful partnership, 1951-1956 7 Harvard in the south, 1957-1966 8 The rise and rise of astrophysics, 1966-1977 9 A time to build, 1977-1986 10 Dark matter, 1986-1992 11 Big science, 1993-2002 Epilogue January 2003 Appendix I Observatory directors Appendix II Staff astronomers at Mount Stromlo Appendix III Stromlo graduates and their thesis titles Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Tom Frame is a respected historian who has written seven books, five of them in the area of military history, including the best-selling accounts of the HMAS Melbourne and Voyager tragedy and the HMAS Sydney tragedy. He was consecrated Fifth Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force in June 2001. Dr Don Faulkner is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU s Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He spent virtually his whole professional career at Mount Stromlo Observatory, before retiring in 1998 as Associate Director for Education and Outreach. He served as the President of the Astronomical Society of Australia during 1989-91. Don is an enthusiastic exponent of astronomy with his evening lecture series Astronomy for Fun running for twenty years at Mount Stromlo.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781865086590
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Sub Title: An Australian Observatory
  • ISBN-10: 1865086592
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 176 mm


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