An acre of glass : a history and forecast of the telescope / J.B. Zirker.
Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.Description: 343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0801882346 (acid-free paper)
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Includes index.
The first three hundred years -- The age of Hale -- New windows on the universe -- The rise of the great centers -- The Hubble Space Telescope -- A mirror in many pieces -- Spinning glass -- A profusion of telescopes -- Beating the seeing -- The astronomer's microscope -- Toward the ever-receding horizon -- The future in space.
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