Index

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Beautiful and Cantankerous Instruments 1
4. 1 Leo and Jesse’s Changing World 13
5. 2 Tradition and Balance 50
6. 3 Visions of Grandeur 84
7. 4 Paper Telescopes 114
8. 5 Growing Pains 143
9. 6 Astropolitics 172
10. 7 Smoke and Mirrors 204
11. 8 Joining the 8-Meter Club 237
12. 9 Point-and-Click Astronomy 265
13. Conclusion: Telescopes, Postwar Science, and the Next Big Machine 290
14. Giant Telescopes 309
15. Sources 311
16. Abbreviations 317
17. Notes 319
18. Acknowledgments 357
19. Index 359