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The ALMA telescope : the story of a science mega-project /

ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, situated high in the Chilean desert, is the largest ground-based telescope on Earth. This is an insiders' account of how this complex mega-project came to fruition from authors with intimate knowledge of its past and present. The separate...

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Main Authors:	Vanden Bout, Paul A., 1939- (Author), Dickman, R. L. (Robert L.), 1947- (Author), Plunkett, Adele L., 1988- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Subjects:	ALMA (Observatory : Chile) > History. Atacama Large Millimeter Array (Project) > History. Atacama Large Millimeter Array (Project) Millimeter astronomy > History. Very large array telescopes > Chile > History. Millimeter astronomy. Astronomie millimétrique > Histoire. Interféromètres à réseau > Chili > Histoire. Astronomie millimétrique. Millimeter astronomy Very large array telescopes Chile Electronic books. History
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