{"product_id":"seeing-the-unseen-harold-a-mcalister-9780750322065","title":"Seeing the Unseen: Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a detailed history of stellar interferometry as practised at Mount Wilson Observatory. It covers the origin of the field in the early 19th Century, and its subsequent development throughout the last hundred years at the observatory, including the people, instruments, and methods involved in advancing high angular resolution astronomy. Additionally, two extensive appendices cover the importance of Mount Wilson today as well as an interferometry primer. It is an excellent book for historians, astronomers and anyone interested in Mount Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the revolutionary work performed at the Mount Wilson Observatory in stellar astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, and its role in high spatial resolution astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the history and heritage of Mount Wilson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible to specialists, historians, and advanced amateur astronomers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold A. McAlister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750322063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750322065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Physics Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Harold A. McAlister","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748282970367,"sku":"9780750322065","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-the-unseen-harold-a-mcalister-9780750322065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}