Claus Madsen

The Jewel on the Mountaintop (eBook, PDF)

The European Southern Observatory through Fifty Years

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people behind the organisation. This is the ultimate historical account about ESO and its telescopes in the southern hemisphere, but also about a truly remarkable European success story in research. Spanning the range from the first telescopes to the future platforms of the next generation, it shows how the improvement of the telescopes leads to a continuously changing view of the Universe. With 150 photos and illustrations. Produced especially for ESO's 50th anniversary.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783527671687
• Artikelnr.: 37703142

Autorenporträt

Claus Madsen is Senior Advisor for International Science Policy. He has devoted his professional life to two strands of activities: International science policy and public science communication. In 1980, he joined ESO. After a few years at the ESO Sky Laboratory, he became more and more involved in organising exhibitions, producing films and giving public lectures on astronomy.