Nicht aus der Schweiz? Besuchen Sie lehmanns.de

Space Telescopes

Capturing the Rays of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
XII, 312 Seiten
2016 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-27812-4 (ISBN)

Lese- und Medienproben

Space Telescopes - Neil English
CHF 59,90 inkl. MwSt
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. We now have the means to "see" beyond Earth using ultraviolet, microwave, and infrared rays, X-rays and gamma rays. 
In this book we meet the pioneers and the telescopes that were built around their ideas.  This book looks at space telescopes not simply chronologically but also in order of the electromagnetic spectrum, making it possible to understand better why they were made.

Dr. Neil English is an Irish citizen with a BSc in Physics & Astronomy, and also a PhD in Biochemistry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a regular contributor to Astronomy Now (the UK’s major astronomy magazine), as well as to Ireland's Astronomy & Space. Dr. English’s astronomical images have been published in various magazines and journals, including a full page in the June 2006 issue of Astronomy. Dr. English has, and continues to, make contributions to Cloudy Nights in the form of several detailed telescope reviews. He is the author of Guide to Mars (Pole Star Publications, 2003) and he has three books published by Springer: Choosing and Using a Refracting Telescope (2010), Choosing and Using a Dobsonian Telescope (2011), Classic Telescopes (2012). His fourth book with Springer is Grab ‘n’ Go Astronomy (2014). Dr. English currently has (among other instruments) a large 12-inch Dobsonian which he uses on the darkest, steadiest nights at his home in rural Scotland.

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Light: Nature's Great Information Superhighway.- Chapter 2: The Hubble Space Telescope - Tragedy and Triumph.- Chapter 3: Hubble - The People's Telescope.- Chapter 4: The Infrared Universe.- Chapter 5: The Gamma Ray Universe.- Chapter 6: The Universe Through Ultraviolet Eyes.- Chapter 7: The X-Ray Universe.- Chapter 8: Probing the Microwave Sky.- Chapter 9: Empire of the Sun.- Chapter 10: Measuring the Heavens.- Chapter 11: Looking to the Future: The James Webb Space Telescope.- Useful Websites on Space Telescopes.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.

"English, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, takes the reader through an exploration of the discovery of the various spectrums, compositely the electromagnetic spectrum, which is used to study the cosmos through telescopes. ... this book is filled with fun information about the science and technology utilized to study the past and prepare for the future. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (R. I. Saltz, Choice, Vol. 57 (11), July, 2017)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Astronomers' Universe
Zusatzinfo XII, 312 p. 103 illus., 88 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Weltraum / Astronomie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Schlagworte Astronomy, Observations and Techniques • Electromagnetic Spectrum Discoveries • Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences • History of Science • Hubble Telescope • James Webb Telescope • Microwave Telescopes • NASA Space Telescope History • orbital telescopes • Physics and Astronomy • Popular Science in Astronomy • Solar Space Telescopes • Space-based Telescope Missions • Telescope Engineering • Using Space Telescopes for Cosmology
ISBN-10 3-319-27812-6 / 3319278126
ISBN-13 978-3-319-27812-4 / 9783319278124
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Perspektiven auf die Menschheit

von Neil deGrasse Tyson

Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Klett-Cotta (Verlag)
CHF 34,95
Ein Grundkurs

von Alfred Weigert; Heinrich J. Wendker; Lutz Wisotzki

Buch | Softcover (2024)
Wiley-VCH (Verlag)
CHF 83,85
auf der Suche nach neuen Planeten und außerirdischem Leben

von Lisa Kaltenegger

Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Droemer (Verlag)
CHF 33,55