Explorers of the southern sky : a history of Australian astronomy / Raymond Haynes ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 2627611
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996
- xiii, 527 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521365759 (hardback)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Dreaming the Stars: Aboriginal astronomy and the southern sky
- 2. Sailing South for a New Sky: Captain Cook and the transit of Venus
- 3. Astronomy in Sydney Town: Governor Brisbane, Paramatta (sic) and the Sydney Observatory
- 4. The Struggle for Independence: The government observatories of Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth
- 5. A Bid for Fame: The Great Melbourne Telescope
- 6. For Love of the Subject: Amateur astronomers
- 7. Astronomy on a National Basis: The Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
- 8. From Swords to Ploughshares: Radio astronomy: a new technology
- 9. Radio Astronomy and the Big Telescopes: The Parkes Radio Telescope and the Culgoora Radio Heliograph
- 10. Entrepreneurs in Astronomy: Astronomy at the University of Sydney
- 11. The Advantage of Latitude: Astronomy at the University of Tasmania
- 12. The High-Energy Frontier: Astronomy at the University of Adelaide.
- 13. Diversity Through Innovation: The other Australian universities
- 14. Optical Astronomy Goes High-Tech: The Anglo-Australian Telescope and the UK Schmidt
- 15. A Telescope as Wide as a Continent: The Australia Telescope.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [500]-506) and indexes.
- Subject:
- Astronomy -- Australia -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
- Haynes, Raymond, 1944-
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