An Acre of Glass
A History and Forecast of the Telescope
Inbunden, 2006
Av J. B. Zirker
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How many pack animals does it take to get a telescope to the top of a mountain? How do you make the shape of a 6-foot-wide mirror accurate to within a 1,000th the thickness of a human hair? This title answers these questions and more, providing technical detail about how a telescope is made and what the next generation can hope to see.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2006-01-23
- Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
- Vikt658 g
- FormatInbunden
- Antal sidor368
- FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN9780801882340