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Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English

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History, Telescopes

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Cover of: An acre of glass
An acre of glass: a history and forecast of the telescope
2006, Johns Hopkins University Press
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An acre of glass: a history and forecast of the telescope
2004, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

The first 300 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 : the Keck telescope
Spinning glass
A profusion of telescopes
Beating the seeing
The astronomer's microscope
Toward the ever-receding horizon
The future in space.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
681/.4123
Library of Congress
QB88 .Z57 2006, QB88.Z57 2006, QB88 .Z57 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3395817M
Internet Archive
acreofglasshisto00zirk
ISBN 10
0801882346
LCCN
2005007786
OCLC/WorldCat
58546337
Library Thing
4137146
Goodreads
306055

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