But It Was Fun: The First Forty Years of Radio Astronomy at Green Bank

by Patricia Smiley (Collaborator), Gerrit Verschuur (Photographer), Bob Rood (Photographer)

Paperback book.

Genres: Science, History

583 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Patricia Smiley is the author of four novels, featuring amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair. PACIFIC HOMICIDE is the first in a new series about Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Davie Richards and is based on her 15-year stint as a volunteer for the LAPD. The second book in the series OUTSIDE THE WIRE will debut on November 8, 2017.

Patty's short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Two of the Deadliest, an anthology edited by Elizabeth George. She has taught writing classes at various conferences in the U.S. and Canada and served as the vice president of the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America and as president of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. Patty lives in Los Angeles where she is working on the third book in the Pacific Homicide series.

Reviews

[Paul Lunger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having had a chance to actually visit the Green Bank Observatory this year, "But It Was Fun: The First Forty Years of Radio Astronomy at Green Bank" is a nice souvenir book from this beautiful observatory in SE WV. The book is a collection of essays dealing with the set-up and choice spot for the observatory as well as the observations made along with the challenges in the history of things at Green Bank. The one lone disadvantage to the book is the small print size which can make reading it a challenge & I also know I had to remember parts of astronomy that I'd forgotten over the years. Either way this book is a perfect companion book for anyone who has ever visited this place or is interested in visiting.