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Under desert skies [electronic resource] :how Tucson mapped the way to the Moon and planets / Melissa L. Sevigny.

By: Sevigny, Melissa L, 1986- [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Tucson : Sentinel Peak, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816533817; 0816533814.Subject(s): University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory -- History | Planetary science -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 559.9 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond.
Summary: "The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond.

"The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher.

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