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Undaunted : the forgotten giants of the Allegheny Observatory
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- Summary
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One of the most inspirational underdog stories in the history of science: Undaunted tells the stories of the people who faced relentless hardships and failures, and yet went on to found astrophysic...
One of the most inspirational underdog stories in the history of science: Undaunted tells the stories of the people who faced relentless hardships and failures, and yet went on to found astrophysics and pioneer the invention of powered flight.
Details
- Creator
- written, produced, and directed by Dan Handley ; Future Science Media, LLC
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Los Angeles, CA : FilmHub, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (57 minutes)
- video file
- OCLC
- on1423562065
- Credits
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- Narrated by David Conrad
- In English.
Subjects
- Observatories -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.
- Astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
- Astronomy -- History.
- Spectrum analysis -- History.
- Aerodynamics -- History.
- Allegheny Observatory -- History.
- Keeler, James Edward, 1857-1900.
- Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
- Brashear, Phoebe Stewart, 1843-1910.
- Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906.