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Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Wallace Tucker
From the first proposal for a large X-ray telescope in 1970 to the deployment of Chandra by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999, this book chronicles the technical feats, political struggles, and personal dramas that transformed an inspired vision into the world's supreme X-ray observatory.
296 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 45 halftones, 5 line illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 28, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674004979 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 164 × 30 mm · 644 g |