The cosmic inquirers : modern telescopes and their makers
Abstract
An historical account is given of major, telescopic instrument-related advancements in 20th-century astronomy, with attention to the roles played by leading figures in the various fields of astronomical research involved. These biographical treatments encompass David Heeshen and the development of the VLA; Riccardo Giacconi and the X-ray astronomy Uhuru, High Energy Astronomy Observatory, and X-ray Explorer, and Einstein Observatory satellites; Allan Jacobson and the Gamma Ray Observatory satellite; the involvements of Frank Low and Gerry Neugebauer in the development of the IR Astronomy Satellite; and C. R. O'Dell's organization of the NASA Space Telescope program.
- Publication:
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Cambridge
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1986cimt.book.....T
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Heao 2;
- Hubble Space Telescope;
- Infrared Astronomy Satellite;
- Nasa Programs;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Radio Telescopes;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Astronomy;
- POPULAR ASTRONOMY;
- TELESCOPES;
- ASTRONOMERS;
- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (SPACECRAFT);
- TELESCOPES;
- ASTRONOMY;
- ASTRONOMERS