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Author:

Graham-Smith, Francis, 1923- author.

Title:

Eyes on the sky : a spectrum of telescopes / Francis Graham-Smith.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xv, 235 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Telescopes--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Galileo opens the sky -- The big reflecting telescopes -- New ways to build big telescopes -- Stretching the spectrum : infrared and ultraviolet telescopes -- Into space -- X-rays from space -- Gamma rays and cosmic rays -- The new radio window -- Pairs and arrays -- Millimetre waves and spectral lines -- Opening the cosmos -- Then, now, and tomorrow.

ISBN:

0198734271
9780198734277

OCLC:

(OCoLC)925499985

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)