Patrick Moore

Eyes on the Universe

The Story of the Telescope

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly illustrated history of the telescope begins with pre-telescopic observatories and progresses to today`s most modern instruments, including the Hubble. The book examines the development of astronomical telescopes and provides a fascinating overview of the way astronomical telescopes and imaging have evolved with technology during the past 450 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer London / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-76164-8
• 1997.
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9783540761648
• ISBN-10: 3540761640
• Artikelnr.: 37679516

Inhaltsangabe

1 Before the Telescope.- 2 The Very First Telescopes.- 3 Aerial Telescopes - and others.- 4 Enter the Reflector.- 5 William Herschel.- 6 The "Leviathan of Parsonstown ".- 7 The Age of the Great Refractors.- 8 George Ellery Hale and the Hooker Telescope.- 9 Palomar.- 10 The New Telescopes.- 11 The Summit of Mauna Kea.- 12 From Sussex to La Palma.- 13 Telescopes of Many Kinds.- 14 Telescopes Beyond the Earth.- Epilogue Into the Future.- Appendix 1 The History of the Telescope.- Appendix 2 Some Great Telescopes.

Rezensionen

"By reading this book, one understands better how a TV programme like "the Sky at Night" may celebrate its 40th anniversary." Physicalia