An acre of glass : a history and forecast of the telescope / J.B. Zirker.

Author
Zirker, Jack B. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Description
343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The first three hundred years
    • The age of Hale
    • New windows on the universe
    • The rise of the great centers
    • The Hubble Space Telescope
    • A mirror in many pieces
    • Spinning glass
    • A profusion of telescopes
    • Beating the seeing
    • The astronomer's microscope
    • Toward the ever-receding horizon
    • The future in space.
    ISBN
    0801882346 (acid-free paper)
    LCCN
    2005007786
    OCLC
    58546337
    RCP
    N - S
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