{"product_id":"big-and-bright-9780292707627","title":"Big and Bright","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Tourist’s Observatory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Benefactor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Legal Contests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Texas-Chicago Agreement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Choosing and Developing the Site\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. A Mosque on Mount Locke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Astronomy Comes to West Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Mr. McDonald’s Telescope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Dedication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. War Years, Struve Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Triumphs and Transitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Interregnum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Texas Independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Launching the Modern Era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A. The Last Will and Testament of William Johnson McDonald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B. The Directors of the McDonald Observatory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix C. The Telescopes of the University of Texas Observatories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400847008087,"sku":"9780292707627","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/big-and-bright-9780292707627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}