A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy

• Main Author: Wall, Wilson (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .