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1 online resource |
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Preface; Préface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. The Development of European Astronomy during the 20th Century; II. ESO, La Silla, the 3.6-m Telescope, Other Telescope Projects in Europe; III. Origin of the VLT Project; The NTT; IV. Technological, Financial and Scientific Planning of the VLT; V. Construction of the VLT; VI. Sites for Telescopes; VII. The VLT Observatory: Adaptive Optics, Instruments, Interferometry and Survey Telescopes; VIII. Ground and Space Based Optical Telescopes; IX. Radio Astronomy; ALMA and SKA; X. Europe in Space: ESA's Horizons 2000 |
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XI. European Space Missions: IR, X- and Gamma RaysXII. European Space Missions: The Solar System; XIII. European Space Missions: The Sun and the Heliosphere; Ground based Solar Telescopes; XIV. Astroparticles and Gravitational Waves; XV. Looking for Planets and Life in the Universe; XVI. Publications; XVII. European Astronomy: Researchers and Funding; XVIII. The Future; XIX. Epilogue; Notes; Acronyms and Concepts; Index; Photo credits |
| Summary |
The large European instruments developed for observing the Universe, from the Sun and planets to its most remote reaches, form the principal subject of this book, addresses a wide audience: astronomers and space scientists, students, politicians, amateur astronomers and the educated public |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Preface also in French |
| Subject |
Space sciences -- Research -- Europe
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Space sciences -- Europe
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Space sciences -- Europe -- History
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Very Large Telescope (Chile)
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Radio astronomy.
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Space astronomy.
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SCIENCE -- Space Science.
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Radio astronomy
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Space astronomy
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Space sciences
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Space sciences -- Research
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Very Large Telescope (Chile)
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
European Southern Observatory.
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European Space Agency.
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| ISBN |
1423769554 |
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9781423769552 |
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1280960639 |
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9781280960635 |
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9786610960637 |
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6610960631 |
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2759801675 |
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9782759801671 |
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