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EXPLORERS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY

Written by Raymond Haynes, Roslynn Haynes, David Malin, Richard McGee
Published by Cambridge University Press in 1996
ISBN: 0521365759

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EXPLORERS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
Written by Raymond Haynes, Roslynn Haynes, David Malin, Richard McGee.
Stock no. 2124723
1st. 1996. Hardback. Large format. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, yellow title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521365759. Tape glue outline marks to endpapers, else contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with orange spot sticker to base of spine.

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Cover of EXPLORERS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY by Raymond Haynes; Roslynn Haynes; David Malin; Richard McGee

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 DREAMING OF THE STARS
  • Aboriginal astronomy and the southern sky
  • 2 SAILING SOUTH FOR A NEW SKY
  • Captain Cook and the transit of Venus
  • 3 ASTRONOMY IN SYDNEY TOWN
  • Governor Brisbane, Paramatta (sic) and the Sydney Observatory
  • 4 THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
  • The government observatories of Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth
  • 5 A BID FOR FAME
  • The Great Melbourne Telescope
  • 6 FOR LOVE OF THE SUBJECT
  • Amateur astronomers
  • 7 ASTRONOMY ON A NATIONAL BASIS
  • The Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
  • 8 FROM SWORDS TO PLOUGHSHARES
  • Radio astronomy: a new technology
  • 9 RADIO ASTRONOMY AND THE BIG TELESCOPES
  • The Parkes Radio Telescope and the Culgoora Radio Heliograph
  • 10 ENTREPRENEURS IN ASTRONOMY
  • Astronomy at the University of Sydney
  • 11 THE ADVANTAGE OF LATITUDE
  • Astronomy at the University of Tasmania
  • 12 THE HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER
  • Astronomy at the University of Adelaide
  • 13 DIVERSITY THROUGH INNOVATION
  • The other Australian Universities
  • 14 OPTICAL ASTRONOMY GOES HIGH-TECH
  • The Anglo-Australian Telescope and the UK Schmidt
  • 15 A TELESCOPE AS WIDE AS A CONTINENT
  • The Australia Telescope
  • Notes
  • Glossary of abbreviations
  • Glossary of scientific and technical words
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index