Fred Whipple's empire the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955-1973

This book explores how and why the Smithsonian Institution closed its Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C. in 1955 and moved it as a budget line to Harvard first as a department of the Harvard College Observatory and then as the dominant partner. I examine the years when its founder-directo...

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1. Verfasser:	DeVorkin, David H. (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft:	Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (Verlag)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:	A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge
Schlagworte:	Whipple, Fred L > Whipple, Fred L. 1906-2004 > Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory > History > Astrophysics > Astronomy > Science and state > Cold War
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