Book contents
- The ALMA Telescope
- The ALMA Telescope
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Interstellar Carbon Monoxide
- 2 What Now?
- 3 The Millimeter Array
- 4 Searching for a Site
- 5 Foreign Affairs
- 6 Organizing ALMA
- 7 Contentious Matters
- 8 Funding ALMA
- 9 Construction and Inauguration
- 10 Promises Fulfilled
- Book part
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
Book contents
- The ALMA Telescope
- The ALMA Telescope
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Interstellar Carbon Monoxide
- 2 What Now?
- 3 The Millimeter Array
- 4 Searching for a Site
- 5 Foreign Affairs
- 6 Organizing ALMA
- 7 Contentious Matters
- 8 Funding ALMA
- 9 Construction and Inauguration
- 10 Promises Fulfilled
- Book part
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
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