Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS 1
3. Preface 3
4. Préface 4
5. Acknowledgements 5
6. Introduction 7
7. I. The Development of European Astronomy during the 20^th Century 11
8. II. ESO, La Silla, the 3.6-m Telescope, Other Telescope Projects in Europe 25
9. III. Origin of the ESO VLT Project; The NTT 43
10. IV. Technological, Financial and Scientific Planning of the VLT 59
11. V. Construction of the VLT 69
12. VI. Sites for Telescopes 87
13. VII. The VLT Observatory: Adaptive Optics, Instruments, Interferometry and Survey Telescopes 109
14. VIII. Ground and Space Based Optical Telescopes 123
15. IX. Radio Astronomy; ALMA and SKA 139
16. X. Europe in Space: ESA’s Horizons 2000 161
17. XI. European Space Missions: IR, X- and Gamma Rays 175
18. XII. European Space Missions: The Solar System 203
19. XIII. European Space Missions: The Sun and the Heliosphere 219
20. XIV. Astroparticles and Gravitational Waves 231
21. XV. Looking for Planets and Life in the Universe 243
22. XVI. Publications 253
23. XVII. European Astronomy: Researchers and Funding 265
24. XVIII. The Future 277
25. XIX. Epilogue 289
26. Notes 291
27. Acronyms 301
28. Index 317
29. Photo credits 325