An acre of glass : a history and forecast of the telescope / / J.B. Zirker.

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Zirker, Jack B.

An acre of glass : a history and forecast of the telescope / / J.B. Zirker.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005007786-b.html

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005007786-d.html

Electronic Version:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007786.html

Includes index.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The first three hundred years -- The age of Hale -- New windows on the universe -- The rise of the great centers -- The Hubble Space Telescope -- A mirror in many pieces -- Spinning glass -- A profusion of telescopes -- Beating the seeing -- The astronomer's microscope -- Toward the ever-receding horizon -- The future in space.

NASM copy 39088013325931 is uncorrected proof (333 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.)

NASM copy 39088013325931 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his friends, 1993.

Telescopes -- History.

Catalog Source No.:

(OCoLC)ocm58546337

0801882346 (acid-free paper)

9780801882340 (acid-free paper)

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_7488

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