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Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 1, The Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution
Since its foundation in 1904, the Mount Wilson Observatory has been at the centre of the development of astrophysics. Perched atop a mountain wilderness, two mammoth solar tower …
The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory
This 1990 book is the official history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope which started to be built at Coonabarabran in New South Wales in 1968 and came into operation in 1974. The …
Origin and Evolution of the Elements: Volume 4, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
This comprehensive volume reviews our understanding of the origin and evolution of elements, from stellar nucleosynthesis to the chemical evolution of the cosmos. With chapters by …
Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times
This volume gives an historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today. It covers the environment in which these facilities …
Measuring and Modeling the Universe: Volume 2, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
We have just concluded a remarkable century: the 1917 publication of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, Carnegie astronomer Edwin Hubble’s 1929 discovery of the expansion of …
Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies: Volume 1, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
Black holes are among the most mysterious objects in the Universe. Weighing up to several billion Suns, massive black holes have long been suspected to be the central powerhouses …
Clusters of Galaxies: Volume 3, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
Clusters of galaxies are the largest and most massive collapsed systems in the Universe, and as such they are valuable probes of cosmological structure and galaxy evolution. The …
The Lighthouse and the Observatory
An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, …
AURA and its US National Observatories
A new source of funding for astronomy stemmed from the creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1950. Astronomers were quick to take advantage of the opportunities this …