Infinite vistas
Subtitle: new tools for astronomy
By: edited by James Cornell and John Carr.
Contributors: Cornell, James.; Carr, John, 1926-
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Telescopes.; Astronomical instruments.; Astronomy -- Research.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [288]-291.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: First light, the space telescope / Alan P. Lightman; title: Giant telescopes and tall mountains / David W. Latham; title: Speckle imaging / Robert Stacknik; title: Slicing the sky / Wesley A. Traub; title: Antenna Earth / Mark J. Reid; title: Shortwave radio / Paul T.P. Ho; title: The cool sky, infrared astronomy / Steven P. Willner; title: Probing the Sun's secrets / George L. Withbroe; title: AXAF, a permanent X-ray observatory in space / Martin V. Zombeck; title: The gamma-ray universe / Trevor C. Weekes; title: Humans, the universe, and tools for astronomy / George B. Field.