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Book Synopsis
Based on personal reminiscences and archival material, as well as published historical sources, Big and Bright is one of the few histories of a major observatory, unique in its focus on the human side of the story.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Tourist’s Observatory
  • 2. The Benefactor
  • 3. The Legal Contests
  • 4. The Texas-Chicago Agreement
  • 5. Choosing and Developing the Site
  • 6. A Mosque on Mount Locke
  • 7. Astronomy Comes to West Texas
  • 8. Mr. McDonald’s Telescope
  • 9. The Dedication
  • 10. War Years, Struve Years
  • 11. Triumphs and Transitions
  • 12. Interregnum
  • 13. Texas Independence
  • 14. Launching the Modern Era
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. The Last Will and Testament of William Johnson McDonald
  • Appendix B. The Directors of the McDonald Observatory
  • Appendix C. The Telescopes of the University of Texas Observatories
  • References
  • Index

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    A Paperback / softback by David S. Evans, J. Derral Mulholland

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1986
      ISBN13: 9780292707627, 978-0292707627
      ISBN10: 0292707622

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on personal reminiscences and archival material, as well as published historical sources, Big and Bright is one of the few histories of a major observatory, unique in its focus on the human side of the story.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. The Tourist’s Observatory
      • 2. The Benefactor
      • 3. The Legal Contests
      • 4. The Texas-Chicago Agreement
      • 5. Choosing and Developing the Site
      • 6. A Mosque on Mount Locke
      • 7. Astronomy Comes to West Texas
      • 8. Mr. McDonald’s Telescope
      • 9. The Dedication
      • 10. War Years, Struve Years
      • 11. Triumphs and Transitions
      • 12. Interregnum
      • 13. Texas Independence
      • 14. Launching the Modern Era
      • Epilogue
      • Appendix A. The Last Will and Testament of William Johnson McDonald
      • Appendix B. The Directors of the McDonald Observatory
      • Appendix C. The Telescopes of the University of Texas Observatories
      • References
      • Index

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