Voice of the Universe Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope

In this volume the creator and director of Jodrell Bank, the world's largest radio telescope, tells the fascinating story behind the building of this huge telescope. The building of the telescope was fraught with mishaps and frustration--financial, political, and otherwise; yet, through his perseverance, Sir Bernard Lovell made its creation a reality. His story, drawn largely from personal diaries, documents the complex conflicts among scientists, bureaucrats, and politicians which arose out of this monumental endeavor.Lovell, Bernard is the author of 'Voice of the Universe Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope', published 1987 under ISBN 9780275926793 and ISBN 0275926796.