An acre of glass : a history and forecast of the telescope - Zirker, Jack B. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
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.
Includes index.
Keywords: Telescopes -- History