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Book Title: The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History
Number of Pages: 485 Pages
Publication Name: Adaptive Optics Revolution : a History
Language: English
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Subject: Physics / Optics & Light, History, Astronomy
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 1.3 in
Item Weight: 28.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Robert W. Duffner
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Science
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
