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BOOK

Author

Finkbeiner, Ann K., 1943-

Title The grand and bold thing : the extraordinary new map of the universe ushering in a new era of discovery / Ann Finkbeiner.

Publication Info.

New York : Free Press, 2010.

Copies

Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
DeKalb PL Adult Non-Fiction - DKLY-12	520 FIN		AVAILABLE
North Suburban PLD Loves Park Adult Non-Fiction - NSLY-11	520.223 FIN		AVAILABLE

Edition	First Free Press hardcover edition.
Description	223 pages ; 24 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Contents	Stakes worth playing for -- Chicagoland -- Putting on the play -- The photometric pipeline war -- Running open loop -- First light -- Driftscanning -- Spectroscopic war -- Precision -- The virtual observatory -- Everything's different -- Jim again.
Subject	Gunn, J. E. (James Edward), 1938-
	Three-dimensional imaging in astronomy.
	Astronomical spectroscopy.
	Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Data processing.
	Astronomical instruments -- Technological innovations.
	Galaxies -- Observations.
	Quasars -- Observations.
ISBN	9781416552161
	1416552162