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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Leverington, David (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Observatories and telescopes of modern times [Texte imprimé] : ground-based optical and radio astronomy facilities since 1945 / David Leverington
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge university press, cop. 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-490 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Palomar Mountain Observatory ; The United States Optical Observatory ; From the
Next Generation Telescope to Gemini and SOAR ; Competing primary mirror designs
; Active optics, adaptive optics and other technical innovations ; European Northern
Observatory and Calar Alto ; European Southern Observatory ; Mauna Kea Observatory
; Australian Optical Observatories ; Mount Hopkins' Whipple Observatory and the MMT
; Carnegie Southern Observatory (Las Campanas) ; Mount Graham International Optical
Observatory ; Modern Optical Interferometers ; Solar Observatories ; Australian
Radio Observatories ; Cambridge Mullard Radio Observatory ; Jodrell Bank ; Early
Radio Observatories away from the Australian-British Axis ; The American National
Radio Astronomy Observatory ; Owens Valley and Mauana Kea ; Futher North and Central
American Observatories ; Further European and Asian Radio Observatories ; ALMA and
the South Pole.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
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
Sujet(s) : Observatoires astronomiques -- 1945-....
Télescopes -- 1945-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
522.1 (23e éd.) = Observatoires (astronomie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-521-89993-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452078383
Notice n° :
FRBNF45207838
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