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Autore |
Duffner Robert W |
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Titolo |
The adaptive optics revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63696-4 |
0-8263-4693-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (487 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Optics, Adaptive - History |
Optics, Adaptive - Research - United States - History |
Laser guide star adaptive optics |
Lasers - Military applications |
Space telescopes |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Sputnik, reality, and technology -- Early days : the Romans -- Rome and Itek : first adaptive optics systems -- Laser guide stars -- Fugate's Rayleigh guide star experiments -- Lincoln laboratory -- Sharing the gold : astronomical nuggets -- Strategic defense initiative -- Airborne laser -- 3.5-meter military telescope complex : Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico -- 3.67-meter military telescope complex : Maui, Hawaii -- Sodium guide star laser : the future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Duffner has compiled the history of the most revolutionary breakthrough in astronomy since Galileo pointed his telescope skyward--the technology that will greatly expand our understanding of the universe. |
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