Space telescopes are among humankind's greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these telescopes were built and launched and the data they provided is explored.
| ISBN: | 9783319278124 |
| Publication date: | 17th November 2016 |
| Author: | Neil English |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | Astronomers' Universe |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods Solar system: the Sun and planets Applied physics History of science |
Space telescopes are among humankind's greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these telescopes were built and launched and the data they provided is explored. Only certain kinds of radiation can penetrate our planet's atmosphere, which limits what we can observe. But with space telescopes all this changed.
Space Telescopes features in the following genres: Astronomy, space and time, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Applied physics, History of science
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Space Telescopes was written by Neil English and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Space Telescopes has 312 pages
Yes it is part of Astronomers' Universe series