From the Laboratory to the Moon: The Quiet Genius of George R. Carruthers (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation) - Softcover
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An intimate look at the life of a pioneering aerospace scientist and engineer whose patented camera design was so powerful that it became the heart of the first astronomical telescope sent to the moon.
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David DeVorkin is Senior Curator Emeritus of the History of Astronomy at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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