Stairway to the Stars: The Story of the World’s Largest Observatory

by Barry R.;Parker Parker

The author combines "the history of Mauna Kea, the Hawaiian 13,795-foot-high site of nine telescopes, with vignettes of the astronomers who work there. . . . Stories concerning political, environmental, and scientific battles are . . . [included with] descriptions of telescope construction and use." (Choice).

360 pages, Hardcover

First published August 21, 1994