McCray, W. Patrick (Author)
Princeton University Press
Physical Details: xiii + 308 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description On the amateur astronomy groups that met to assist professional astronomers by observing the first artificial satellites.
Review Jeon, Chihyung (2009) Review of "Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age". Technology and Culture (p. 946).
Review Dick, Steven J. (2009) Review of "Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 685).
Essay Review Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (2010) Science and Technology for Every Man, Woman, and Child. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 259-267).
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