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Giant Telescopes of the 20th Century

Jeff Hecht

Two mountaintop telescopes in California—landmark engineering accomplishments of the past 100 years—revealed the expanding universe beyond our galaxy and reached billions of light years into the cosmos.

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Publish Date: 01 April 2017