Harvard University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2001 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full black clothes, no dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 301 pages
8 colour plates and numerous black and white text-figures 1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Contents, vi, Text, 295 pages - Introduction - The dream of a large X-ray Observatory - A new concept and an new start - The mirror challenge - Restructuring - Building an observatory - Looking over Galileo's shoulder - Bibliographical notes and index - nb : L'observatoire Chandra, dédié aux rayons X, a été lancé en juillet 1999 no dust-jacket, else near fine copy, no markings