Eyes on the universe : the story of the telescope /

Eyes on the universe : the story of the telescope /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moore, Patrick
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Springer, c1997.
Subjects:	Telescopes.

Table of Contents:

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
App. 1. The History of the Telescope
App. 2. Some Great Telescopes.