A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wall, Wilson (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
• Θέματα: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; History.; Technology-History.; Physics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History of Technology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together. It covers the time between the telescope's pivotal invention in the 1600's up to the modern era of space-based telescopes. Over the intervening centuries, there were huge im...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Book Summary
• Chapter 1: Astronomy as a Science in Need of a Tool
• Chapter 2: The Invention of the Telescope
• Chapter 3: Developments in Optics and the Newly Invented Telescope
• Chapter 4: Aerial Refractor Telescopes and the Development of Reflectors
• Chapter 5: The Ascent of the Mirror Lens and Reflecting Telescopes
• Chapter 6: Industrial Life Creating Fine Instruments and Polluting the Skies
• Chapter 7: Moving Observations off the Planet
• Chapter 8: The Hubble Space Telescope
• Chapter 9: The Future: James Webb and Beyond
• Chapter 10: Timeline of the Optical Telescope
• Chapter 11: People in the Text
• Index. .