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010 _z 2015029710
020 _a9780816533817
020 _a0816533814
020 _z9781941451045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z1941451047
035 _a(OCoLC)939827430
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aQB501
_b.S45 2016
082 0 0 _a559.9
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100 1 _aSevigny, Melissa L.,
_d1986-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aUnder desert skies
_h[electronic resource] :
_bhow Tucson mapped the way to the Moon and planets /
_cMelissa L. Sevigny.
260 _aTucson :
_bSentinel Peak,
_c2016.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
336 _atext
_btxt
337 _acomputer
_bc
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond.
520 _a"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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 2 0 _aUniversity of Arizona.
_bLunar and Planetary Laboratory
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPlanetary science
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780816533817/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 History
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
999 _c968
_d968