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Eyes on the skies : 400 years of telescopic discovery
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Eyes on the skies : 400 years of telescopic discovery

Author: Govert Schilling; Lars Lindberg Christensen
Publisher: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Chronicles the history of the telescope, from its invention in the early seventeenth century to the present day, along with a discussion of how images drawn from it and technological advances have influenced how people view the universe.
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Material Type: Videorecording, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource, Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Govert Schilling; Lars Lindberg Christensen
ISBN: 9783527408658 3527408657
OCLC Number: 297796586
Notes: Cover title.
Description: 132 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Details: Accompanying DVD in both NTSC and PAL format on opposite sides of disc.
Contents: New views of the skies --
Bigger is better --
Technology to the rescue --
From silver to silicon --
Seeing the invisible --
Beyond earth --
What's next?
Responsibility: Govert Schilling, Lars Christensen.
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Presents the history of telescopic discovery that spans the range from the first telescopes via the Hubble Space Telescope to next generation platforms, and how they have changed and continue to  Read more...

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