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1 online resource |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023). |
| Summary |
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 roots of ALMA in the United States, Europe, and Japan are traced to their merger into an international partnership involving more than 20 countries. The book relates the search for a suitable telescope site, challenges encountered in organization, funding, and construction, and lessons learned along the way. It closes with a review of the most significant results from ALMA, now one of the most productive telescopes in the world. Written for a broad spectrum of readers, including astronomers, engineers, project managers, science historians, government officials, and the general public, the eBook edition is available to download as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core. |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books and Elements |
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ALMA (Observatory : Chile) -- History.
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Atacama Large Millimeter Array (Project) -- History.
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Millimeter astronomy -- History.
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Very large array telescopes -- Chile -- History.
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Millimeter astronomy.
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Dickman, R. L. (Robert L.), 1947- author.
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Plunkett, Adele L., 1988- author.
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| ISBN |
9781009279727 electronic book |
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1009279726 electronic book |
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