Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times

Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times

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Leverington David
Cambridge University Press
EAN: 9780521899932
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This volume gives an historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today. It covers the environment in which these facilities were developed by organisations in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, often led by larger-than-life individuals, as well as exploring the financial and political factors that both constrained and encouraged progress. As ever more expensive optical facilities were built, they exploited new technologies to significantly improve their performance: CCDs, active and adaptive optics, and spun honeycomb and segmented mirrors. The second half of this volume turns to the parallel history of radio astronomy facilities throughout the world, finishing with the ALMA observatory in Chile. This is the ground-based companion to the author's previous work on space astronomy, New Cosmic Horizons (2001). It is written for both technical and non-technical readers interested in the modern history of astronomy and its observational facilities.
EAN 9780521899932
ISBN 0521899931
Binding Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date November 24, 2016
Pages 501
Language English
Dimensions 253 x 178 x 25
Country United Kingdom
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Leverington David
Illustrations 11 Tables, black and white; 91 Halftones, black and white
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