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'Setting Fire to the Last Forest': Project West Ford and the Mobilization of the Astronomical Community 1958-1965

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Main Author:	Barentine, John C.
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics History and Philosophy of Physics
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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