Stromlo
An Australian Observatory
Published on 1. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-86508-659-0 (ISBN)
Description
This complete and comprehensive history of the Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia's best known scientific facility, explores its impact up to and including the devastating fire that destroyed it. This reference reveals the history of the observatory and details the contribution it has made to our current understanding of the universe.
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Tom Frame is a respected historian who has written seven books, five of them in the area of military history, including the best-selling accounts of the HMAS Melbourne and Voyager tragedy and the HMAS Sydney tragedy. He was consecrated Fifth Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force in June 2001.
Dr Don Faulkner is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU s Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He spent virtually his whole professional career at Mount Stromlo Observatory, before retiring in 1998 as Associate Director for Education and Outreach. He served as the President of the Astronomical Society of Australia during 1989-91. Don is an enthusiastic exponent of astronomy with his evening lecture series Astronomy for Fun running for twenty years at Mount Stromlo.
Dr Don Faulkner is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU s Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He spent virtually his whole professional career at Mount Stromlo Observatory, before retiring in 1998 as Associate Director for Education and Outreach. He served as the President of the Astronomical Society of Australia during 1989-91. Don is an enthusiastic exponent of astronomy with his evening lecture series Astronomy for Fun running for twenty years at Mount Stromlo.
Content
Foreword Director s messageAbbreviations and acronymsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 A place in the sun, 1905-19232 The road to Stromlo, 1924-19303 Problems and progress, 1931-19394 War on the mountain, 1940-19455 From the sun to the stars, 1946-19506 A fruitful partnership, 1951-19567 Harvard in the south, 1957-19668 The rise and rise of astrophysics, 1966-19779 A time to build, 1977-198610 Dark matter, 1986-199211 Big science, 1993-2002Epilogue January 2003 Appendix I Observatory directorsAppendix II Staff astronomers at Mount StromloAppendix III Stromlo graduates and their thesis titlesNotesBibliographyIndex