03235nam 2200685 a 450 991081078090332120200520144314.01-280-96063-997866109606371-4237-6955-42-7598-0167-510.1051/978-2-7598-0167-1(CKB)1000000000335237(EBL)309870(OCoLC)173240736(SSID)ssj0000655806(PQKBManifestationID)11458983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655806(PQKBWorkID)10631210(PQKB)10263807(MiAaPQ)EBC309870(DE-B1597)573275(DE-B1597)9782759801671(MiAaPQ)EBC6810556(Au-PeEL)EBL6810556(OCoLC)1287133811(PPN)170211193(FR-PaCSA)88805573(EXLCZ)99100000000033523720120216d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEurope's quest for the universe ESO and the VLT, ESA and other projects /Lodewijk WoltjerLes Ulis, France EDP Sciences20061 online resource (330 p.)Hors collectionDescription based upon print version of record.2-86883-813-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 2000XI. 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; 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.AstronomyEuropeSpace sciencesEuropeSpace astronomyAstronomySpace sciencesSpace astronomy.520Woltjer Lodewijk51321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810780903321Europe's quest for the Universe4018641UNINA