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Book Title: Giant Telescopes : Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: w. Patrick Mccray
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Physics / Optics & Light, History, Astronomy
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
