An acre of glass
Subtitle: a history and forecast of the telescope
By: J.B. Zirker.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Telescopes -- History.
Description: "An Acre of Glass describes how recent innovations in telescope technology have led to the construction of giant, ground-based observatories and to an explosive development in astronomy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first 300 years; title: The age of Hale; title: New windows on the universe; title: The rise of the great centers; title: The Hubble Space Telescope; title: A mirror in many pieces : the Keck telescope; title: Spinning glass; title: A profusion of telescopes; title: Beating the seeing; title: The astronomer's microscope; title: Toward the ever-receding horizon; title: The future in space.