Europe 's Quest for The Universe /

Europe 's Quest for The Universe / / Lodewijk Woltjer.

Some of the more striking results obtained or anticipated on the ground or in space at radio, infrared and visible wavelengths and in X-, gamma-ray and cosmic-rays are covered. The roles of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are stressed, but national initiat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EDP Sciences Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
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Woltjer, Lodewijk,
Place / Publishing House:Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Hors collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (330 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 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 ESO 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
  • XI. European Space Missions: IR, X- and Gamma Rays
  • XII. European Space Missions: The Solar System
  • XIII. European Space Missions: The Sun and the Heliosphere
  • 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
  • Index
  • Photo credits

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