Ann Finkbeiner

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The Astronomer Who’d Rather Build Space Cameras

April 18, 2019

Jim Gunn shaped the theory of the evolution of the cosmos before building cameras and spectrographs for major observatories like the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Ann Finkbeiner has been a freelance science writer since 1983. She writes most frequently about cosmology and astronomy, and about science advice for the government. She has written several books, including A Grand and Bold Thing, and is a co-proprietor of the group science blog, The Last Word on Nothing.

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The Astronomer Who’d Rather Build Space Cameras

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The Astronomer Who’d Rather Build Space Cameras