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050	0	0	_aQB81 _b.L48 2017
082	0	0	_a522/.1 _223
100	1		_aLeverington, David, _d1941- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aObservatories and telescopes of modern times : _bground-based optical and radio astronomy facilities since 1945 / _cDavid Leverington.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 490 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Dec 2016).
520			_aThis volume gives an historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today. It covers the environment in which these facilities were developed by organisations in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, often led by larger-than-life individuals, as well as exploring the financial and political factors that both constrained and encouraged progress. As ever more expensive optical facilities were built, they exploited new technologies to significantly improve their performance: CCDs, active and adaptive optics, and spun honeycomb and segmented mirrors. The second half of this volume turns to the parallel history of radio astronomy facilities throughout the world, finishing with the ALMA observatory in Chile. This is the ground-based companion to the author's previous work on space astronomy, New Cosmic Horizons (2001). It is written for both technical and non-technical readers interested in the modern history of astronomy and its observational facilities.
650		0	_aAstronomical observatories.
650		0	_aRadio astronomy observatories.
650		0	_aObservatories.
650		0	_aTelescopes.
650		0	_aRadio telescopes.
650		0	_aAstronomy _xHistory _y20th century.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521899932
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781139051507
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