Pauper and Prince: Ritchey, Hale, and Big American Telescopes

by Donald E. Osterbrock

George Willis Ritchey was the builder of the first large, successful American reflecting telescopes and worked closely with George Ellery Hale, the phenomenal fund raiser and organizer of observatories; Mount Wilson Observatory stands today as a monument to their collaboration. Osterbrock shows how the relationship of these men helped the United States take the lead in developing major astronomical facilities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816511993
• ISBN13: 9780816511990
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"