The Perfect Machine: Building the Palomar Telescope – A Poignant Chronicle of Big Science Born in Depression-Era America
A chronicle of the Palomar Telescope’s construction during America’s Depression, highlighting the era’s scientific ambition and challenges.
About This Book
The Perfect Machine explores the ambitious project to construct the Palomar Telescope in Depression-era America.
It examines the challenges faced by scientists and engineers as they pursued this monumental scientific endeavor.
The narrative situates the telescope’s development within the broader context of big science and national priorities of the time.
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