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In March 1990, the Hubble Telescope will be launched into space, offering the clearest and most detailed look at the universe ever achieved. Field (Harvard) and Goldsmith (U. of Cal., Berkeley) relate the history and technical aspects of the project and the telescope itself, including the implications of potential discoveries for astronomy and cosmology. A readable, popular account. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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At the beginning of this work there are a few sections of overenthusiastic prose that read like press releases from NASA. Fortunately, this is not typical; the authors, both astronomers, have produced a good account of the Space Telescope project. They review the record of earlier space instumentation for astronomical research (e.g., the International Ultraviolet Explorer) and give the rationale for placing a large optical telescope in space. Further, they describe the auxiliary instrumentation and discuss such matters as time allocation for research projects. Most exciting, they provide some glimpses of potential applications such as the detection of planets rotating around stars other than the sun and testing in a crucial way the current theories in cosmology. Recommended for public and academic libraries.
- Jack W. Weigel, Univ. of Michigan Lib., Ann Arbor
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jack W. Weigel, Univ. of Michigan Lib., Ann Arbor
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherContemporary Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0809244950
- ISBN 13 9780809244959
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages276
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