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Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy: Present and Future The Ninth Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics, July 13–July 24, 1987, Lick Observatory
Lloyd B. Robinson
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paperback. Series: Santa Cruz Summer Workshops in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Closed). Num Pages: 751 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; PHVG; PNFC; PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Historically, the discovery of tools, or evidence that tools have been used, has been taken as proof of human activity; certainly the invention and spread of new tools has been a critical marker of human progress and has increased our ability to observe, measure, and understand the physical world. In astronomy the tools are telescopes and the optical and electronic instruments that support them. The use of the telescope by Galileo marked the beginning of a new and productive way to study and understand the universe in which we live. The effects of this new tool on what we can ... Read more
Historically, the discovery of tools, or evidence that tools have been used, has been taken as proof of human activity; certainly the invention and spread of new tools has been a critical marker of human progress and has increased our ability to observe, measure, and understand the physical world. In astronomy the tools are telescopes and the optical and electronic instruments that support them. The use of the telescope by Galileo marked the beginning of a new and productive way to study and understand the universe in which we live. The effects of this new tool on what we can ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
751
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New
Series
Santa Cruz Summer Workshops in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Closed)
Number of Pages
751
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461283874
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V9781461283874
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