Reddit Reddit reviews First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe

We found 3 Reddit comments about First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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3 Reddit comments about First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe:

u/cowgod42 · 8 pointsr/science

"First Light" by Richard Preston is a pretty good book for that. It goes into a lot of detail about some of the crazy kludges that went into making the Palomar Observatory run. There are really great stories about the inventors that toiled away at this stuff. It also teaches you a lot of astronomy for an extra bonus.

u/irishjihad · 1 pointr/MachinePorn

Another good book on it. http://www.amazon.com/First-Light-Search-Edge-Universe/dp/0812991850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377371174&sr=8-1&keywords=first+light+preston

u/dziban303 · 1 pointr/MachinePorn

I actually came in this thread to recommend that book. I shouldn't be too surprised that WSPer /u/irishjihad beat me to the punch.

Richard Preston is a fantastic nonfiction author. I've liked all his books, from the Hale telescope in First Light to enormous redwoods in The Wild Trees, and of course what's probably his biggest commercial success, The Hot Zone.