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This book gives students an in-depth look at how large telescopes work. The wonder and awe of space and the scientific instruments we use to study it both come shining through in this fascinating book. Full-color diagrams and illustrations will help students visualize how the technology of telescopes

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This book gives students an in-depth look at how large telescopes work. The wonder and awe of space and the scientific instruments we use to study it both come shining through in this fascinating book. Full-color diagrams and illustrations will help students visualize how the technology of telescopes works. Students will learn about the creation of mirrors 26.2 feet wide and telescope teams that work together to create a telescope as powerful as if it had a mirror the size of Earth!

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Additional Contributors: Calvetti, Leonello; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Bartolozzi, Alessandro

Imprint: New York : - PowerPlus Books

Pages: 47

Series:

• Technology--blueprints of the future

ISBN: 0823961109

Language: English

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Journey back in time -- Wondrous telescope -- Looking at light -- Giant eye on the sky -- From simple beginnings -- Advances in telescope technology -- Telescope design -- Mirror -- Telescope innovations -- Sharper view -- Hubble space telescope -- Hubble space telescope structure -- Hubble space telescope history -- Subaru and gemini -- Hobby-eberly, robotic telescope, and Keck I and II -- Very large telescope and the binocular -- Invisible universe -- Observatories around the world -- Future.

Statement of responsibility: by Ray Villard ; illustrations, Alessandro Bartolozzi, Leonello Calvetti, Lorenzo Cecchi

Characteristics: 47 p. :,ill. (some col.), col. map ;,29 cm.

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