Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems: Volume 1: Telescopes and Instrumentation by Terry Oswalt and Ian S. McLean
Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems: Volume 1: Telescopes and Instrumentation by Terry Oswalt and Ian S. McLean
This is volume 1 of Planets, Stars and
Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical
research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of
contemporary astronomy. This volume on “Telescopes and Instrumentation”
edited by Ian S. McLean presents, after a general Introduction to
Telescopes, accessible review chapters on Robotic and Survey Telescopes,
Segmented Mirror Telescopes, Honeycomb Mirrors for Large Telescopes,
Active Thin-Mirror Telescopes, Optical and Infrared Interferometers,
Submillimeter Telescopes, Radio Telescopes, Space Telescopes in the
Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared (UV/O/IR), CMB Telescopes and Optical
Systems, Very- High-Energy Gamma-Ray Telescopes, Instrumentation and
Detectors, Silicon-Based Image Sensors, Long-Wavelength Infrared
Detectors, and Astronomical Spectrographs.
All chapters of the handbook were written by practicing professionals. They include sufficient background material and references to the current literature to allow readers to learn enough about a specialty within astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology to get started on their own practical research projects. In the spirit of the series Stars and Stellar Systems published by Chicago University Press in the 1960s and 1970s, each chapter of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems can stand on its own as a fundamental review of its respective sub-discipline, and each volume can be used as a textbook or recommended reference work for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Advanced students and professional astronomers in their roles as both lecturers and researchers will welcome Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems as a comprehensive and pedagogical reference work on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
All chapters of the handbook were written by practicing professionals. They include sufficient background material and references to the current literature to allow readers to learn enough about a specialty within astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology to get started on their own practical research projects. In the spirit of the series Stars and Stellar Systems published by Chicago University Press in the 1960s and 1970s, each chapter of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems can stand on its own as a fundamental review of its respective sub-discipline, and each volume can be used as a textbook or recommended reference work for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Advanced students and professional astronomers in their roles as both lecturers and researchers will welcome Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems as a comprehensive and pedagogical reference work on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
Ebook page: 643
File size: 17.27 MB
$190.00
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