Europe 's Quest for The Universe.

The large European instruments developed for observing the Universe, from the Sun and planets to its most remote reaches, form the principal subject of this book, addresses a wide audience: astronomers and space scientists, students, politicians, amateur astronomers and the educated public.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woltjer, Lodewijk
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, 2006.
Temas:
Astronomy > Europe.
Space sciences > Europe.
Space astronomy.
Astronomy.
Astronomie > Europe.
Sciences spatiales > Europe.
Astronomie spatiale.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
Astronomy
Space astronomy
Space sciences
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS; Preface; Préface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. The Development of European Astronomy during the 20th Century; II. ESO, La Silla, the 3.6-m Telescope, Other Telescope Projects in Europe; III. Origin of the VLT Project; The NTT; IV. Technological, Financial and Scientific Planning of the VLT; V. Construction of the VLT; VI. Sites for Telescopes; VII. The VLT Observatory: Adaptive Optics, Instruments, Interferometry and Survey Telescopes; VIII. Ground and Space Based Optical Telescopes; IX. Radio Astronomy; ALMA and SKA; X. Europe in Space: ESA's Horizons 2000.
  • XI. European Space Missions: IR, X- and Gamma RaysXII. European Space Missions: The Solar System; XIII. European Space Missions: The Sun and the Heliosphere; Ground based Solar Telescopes; XIV. Astroparticles and Gravitational Waves; XV. Looking for Planets and Life in the Universe; XVI. Publications; XVII. European Astronomy: Researchers and Funding; XVIII. The Future; XIX. Epilogue; Notes; Acronyms and Concepts; Index; Photo credits.

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