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    Telescopes : a very short introduction / Geoff Cottrell.

    By: Cottrell, Geoff [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions: 501.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 149 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198745869; 9780198745860Subject(s): Telescopes | TelescopesDDC classification: 522/.2 LOC classification: QB88 | .C777 2016
    Contents:
    Grasping light -- Through the looking glass -- Windows in the sky -- Instruments of light -- A mirror held up to nature -- The radio sky -- Space telescopes -- The next telescopes.
    Summary: "Describes the science behind modern telescope, ranging from large earth-based optical telescopes and radio arrays, to space-based telescopes capturing the universe in infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. He discusses crucial developments in telescope technology, and the hopes for the new generation of telescopes being built across the world."--Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references (page 139) and index.

    Grasping light -- Through the looking glass -- Windows in the sky -- Instruments of light -- A mirror held up to nature -- The radio sky -- Space telescopes -- The next telescopes.

    "Describes the science behind modern telescope, ranging from large earth-based optical telescopes and radio arrays, to space-based telescopes capturing the universe in infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. He discusses crucial developments in telescope technology, and the hopes for the new generation of telescopes being built across the world."--Provided by publisher.

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