Title Radio Telescope Reflectors : Historical Development of Design and Construction Author(s) Baars, Jacob W.M;K??rcher, Hans J Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. Description XIV, 275 p. 194 illus., 146 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This book demonstrates how progress in radio astronomy is intimately linked to the development of reflector antennas of increasing size and precision. The authors describe the design and construction of major radio telescopes as those in Dwingeloo, Jodrell Bank, Parkes, Effelsberg and Green Bank since 1950 up to the present as well as millimeter wavelength telescopes as the 30m MRT of IRAM in Spain, the 50m LMT in Mexico and the ALMA submillimeter instrument. The advances in methods of structural design and coping with environmental influences (wind, temperature, gravity) as well as application of new materials are explained in a non-mathematical, descriptive and graphical way along with the story of the telescopes. Emphasis is placed on the interplay between astronomical and electromagnetic requirements and structural, mechanical and control solutions. A chapter on management aspects of large telescope projects closes the book. The authors address a readership with interest in the progress of engineering solutions applied to the development of radio telescope reflectors and ground station antennas for satellite communication and space research. The book will also be of interest to historians of science and engineering with an inclination to astronomy ISBN,Price 9783319651484 Keyword(s) 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 2. Astronomy???Observations 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. HISTORY 6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 7. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY 8. LASERS 9. MICROWAVES 10. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering 11. Observations, Astronomical 12. OPTICAL ENGINEERING 13. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 14. PHOTONICS 15. Technology???History Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09994     On Shelf