Govert Schilling & Lars Lindberg Christensen 
Eyes on the Skies [EPUB ebook] 
400 Years of Telescopic Discovery

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Dieser Band erscheint mit Blick auf das Internationale Jahr der Astronomie (IYA) 2009 und ist das offizielle Buch zu diesem Anlass. Eine Vielzahl hervorragend reproduzierter, zum großen Teil ganzseitiger Photos trägt entscheidend zur Attraktivität bei. Das Buch enthält eine Zeittafel der Himmelsbeobachtungen mit Teleskopen und einen Überblick über die weltweit größten Anlagen. Im Lieferumfang enthalten ist die offizielle DVD zum IYA (54 min Laufzeit) mit Kommentaren von Experten, Animationen, Simulationen, Interviews und Filmbeiträgen aus Observatorien.

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Foreword 7
1. New Views of the Skies 9
2. Bigger is Better 27
3. Technology to the Rescue 45
4. From silver to Silicon 63
5. Seeing the Invisible 77
6. Beyond Earth 95
7. What’s Next? 115
Authors’ Bios 130

Sobre o autor

Lars Lindberg Christensen is press officer of the International Astronomical Union, as well as IAU EC International Year of Astronomy 2009 Working Group Secretary. An astronomer by profession, he is a science communication specialist heading the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre group, responsible for public outreach and education for the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in Europe.
Robert (Bob) Fosbury is an astronomer working for the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of ESA’s collaboration with NASA on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project at ST-ECF. Bob also served on NASA’s Ad Hoc Science Working Group and ESA’s Study Science Team as they developed the instrument concepts for the James Webb Space Telescope, the next generation space observatory. Bob and Lars wrote the highly successful ‘Hubble – 15 years of discovery’.
Robert Hurt is professional artist, specialized on art in astronomy.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 132 ● ISBN 9783527657056 ● Tamanho do arquivo 5.1 MB ● Editora Wiley-VCH ● Publicado 2011 ● Edição 1 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2441673 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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