Europe's quest for the universe : ESO and the VLT, ESA and other projects / / Lodewijk Woltjer
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| Autore: |
Woltjer Lodewijk
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| Titolo: |
Europe's quest for the universe : ESO and the VLT, ESA and other projects / / Lodewijk Woltjer
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| Pubblicazione: | Les Ulis, France, : EDP Sciences, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 520 |
| Soggetto topico: | Astronomy - Europe |
| Space sciences - Europe | |
| Space astronomy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Europe's quest for the Universe |
| ISBN: | 1-280-96063-9 |
| 9786610960637 | |
| 1-4237-6955-4 | |
| 2-7598-0167-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810780903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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