Author:
Leverington, David, 1941-
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Descriptionxii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note:Palomar Mountain Observatory -- The United States Optical Observatory -- From the Next Generation Telescope to Gemini and SOAR -- Competing primary mirror designs -- Active optics, adaptive optics and other technical innovations -- European Northern Observatory and Calar Alto -- European Southern Observatory -- Mauna Kea Observatory -- Australian Optical Observatories -- Mount Hopkins' Whipple Observatory and the MMT -- Carnegie Southern Observatory (Las Campanas) -- Mount Graham International Optical Observatory -- Modern Optical Interferometers -- Solar Observatories -- Australian Radio Observatories -- Cambridge Mullard Radio Observatory -- Jodrell Bank -- Early Radio Observatories away from the Australian-British Axis -- The American National Radio Astronomy Observatory -- Owens Valley and Mauana Kea -- Futher North and Central American Observatories -- Further European and Asian Radio Observatories -- ALMA and the South Pole.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
