Richard Rhodes is the author of Ultimate Powers: A History of the Bomb , to be published this fall by Simon & Schuster. Articles by this Contributor Summer 1985 Reflected Glory: How They Built Palomar The great Hale Telescope, with its 200-inch mirror, is still the masterpiece of American astronomical engineering Read >> Fall 1985 Reflected Glory: How They Built Palomar The great Hale Telescope, with its 200-inch mirror, is still the masterpiece of American astronomical engineering Read >>