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Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)

Summary: The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved. Located near the U. S. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole, IceCube is unlike most telescopes in that it is not designed to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 522 BOW

Bowen, Mark (Mark Stander)

Contents: I: The Sajama expedition -- The mountain God -- An island in the sky -- II: Early days -- Where next? -- Beginnings -- A decade on Quelccaya -- III: The warming sets in -- First signs -- The great experiment -- Temperature follows suit -- China opens up -- IV: The essence of life -- A city by a lake -- The seesaw -- V: More pieces for the puzzle -- Casting about -- From Tibet... -- ...to Peru...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.514 BOW

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