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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 4796874
TI  - The making of history's greatest star map
PY  - 2010
SN  - 9783642116025 9783642116018
PB  - Berlin : Springer,
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Physics.
KW  - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
KW  - Popular Science in Astronomy.
KW  - Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
KW  - Astrophysics.
KW  - Astronomy.
KW  - Physique
KW  - Astrophysique
KW  - Astronomie
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Astrometry.
KW  - Astrométrie.
KW  - Hipparcos (satellite artificiel)
KW  - Cartography
KW  - History
KW  - Cartographie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Hipparcos (Artificial satellite)
KW  - Histoire.
KW  - History.
KW  - Astrométrie.
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4796874
AB  - What has prompted these remarkable developments ? Why have governments been persuaded to fund them ? What are scientists learning from astronomy's equivalent of the Human Genome Project ? This book traces the subject's history, explains why such enormous efforts are considered worthwhile, and interweaves these with a first-hand insight into the Hipparcos project, and how big science is conducted at an international level. The involvement of amateur astronomers, and the Hipparcos contributions to climate research, 'death stars' passing close to the Sun, and the search for extra-solar planets and even intelligent life itself, are some of the surprising facets of this unusual space mission
ER  -