MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03049cam a22003257a 4500
001 2006940308
003 DLC
005 20120705134726.0
008 061213r20072006njua b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2006940308
020 $a9780691129792
020 $a0691129797
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn128275296
040 $aVA@$cVA@$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dIXA$dVP@$dYAM$dMNY$dNOR$dDRB$dAU@$dSINLB$dMUQ$dJQD$dBDX$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQB88$b.A645 2007
082 04 $a522.209$222
100 1 $aAndersen, Geoff.
245 14 $aThe telescope :$bits history, technology, and future /$cGeoff Andersen.
260 $aPrinceton, NJ :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2007, c2006.
300 $a248 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in Australia and New Zealand under title: Eye on the sky. Exisle Pub., 2006.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [240]-242) and index.
505 00 $tPreface --$g1. The$tnaked-eye universe --$g2. The$tdevelopment of the telescope --$g3.$tHow a telescope works --$tImaging --$tRefracting telescopes --$tReflecting telescopes --$g4. The$tperfect telescope --$tDiffraction and the perfect image --$tResolution limit --$g5.$tWhen good telescopes go bad --$tAberrations --$tField of view --$tAir turbulence --$g6.$tAnalysing the light --$tImaging devices - the camera --$tSpectroscopy --$tPhotometry --$tPolarimetry --$g7.$tInterferometry --$tInterference - how light waves combine --$tMichelson interferometer --$tMichelson stellar interferometer --$tImaging interferometry --$tNulling interferometry --$g8.$tSo you want to build an observatory? --$tMaking a mirror --$tSite selection --$tMechanical engineering --$g9. The$tHubble Space Telescope --$g10.$tAdvanced telescope techniques --$tLightweighting --$tActive optics --$tSegmented primaries --$tAdaptive optics --$tLaser guide stars --
505 00 $g11.$tLaser communications and remote sensing --$tLaser communications --$tLidar --$g12.$tSurveillance --$tAirborne surveillance --$tSpace-based surveillance --$tOther surveillance methods --$tLaser weapons --$g13.$tNon-traditional observatories --$tLiquid mirror telescopes --$tSolar telescopes --$tSeeing the invisible --$tGravitational wave observatories --$g14.$tKey discoveries --$gThe$tsolar system and Pluto --$tComet Halley --$gThe$tfirst exo-solar planet --$tMilky Way black hole --$tHubble ultra-deep field --$tHoag's object --$g15.$tFuture telescopes --$tWide-field wonders --$tAnother pale blue dot --$gThe$tbig boys --$tOne last word --$tAppendix A : Some mathematical basics --$tAppendix B : Electromagnetic radiation --$tAppendix C : Getting your own telescope --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex.
520 $aA history of the telescope includes discussion of such related topics as the dark-adapted human eye, interferometry, adaptive optics, and remote sensing.
650 0 $aTelescopes$xHistory.
650 0 $aTelescopes$xDesign and construction.
650 6 $aTélescopes$xHistoire.
650 6 $aTélescopes$xConception et construction.