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200 14$aThe adaptive optics revolution$b[electronic resource] $ea history /$fRobert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate
210   $aAlbuquerque $cUniversity of New Mexico Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (487 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8263-4691-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aSputnik, 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.
330   $aDuffner 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.
606   $aOptics, Adaptive$xHistory
606   $aOptics, Adaptive$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory
606   $aLaser guide star adaptive optics
606   $aLasers$xMilitary applications
606   $aSpace telescopes
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615  0$aOptics, Adaptive$xResearch$xHistory.
615  0$aLaser guide star adaptive optics.
615  0$aLasers$xMilitary applications.
615  0$aSpace telescopes.
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