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

By: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005Description: 343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0801882346 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB88 .Z57 2005
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QB88 .Z57 2005 1 Available 50583010310393
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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