Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel Opens Up the Invisible Universe
- 3 1800–1950
- 4 Dying Stars Shrouded in Dust and Stars Being Born
- 5 Birth of Submillimetre Astronomy
- 6 The Cosmic Microwave Background, Echo of the Big Bang
- 7 The Infrared Astronomical Satellite and the Opening Up of Extragalactic Infrared Astronomy
- 8 The Cosmic Background Explorer and the Ripples, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Dark Energy
- 9 Giant Ground-Based Near-Infrared and Submillimetre Telescopes
- 10 The Infrared Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- 11 Our Solar System’s Dusty Debris Disk and the Search for Exoplanets
- 12 The Future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Credits for Illustrations
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 William Herschel Opens Up the Invisible Universe
- 3 1800–1950
- 4 Dying Stars Shrouded in Dust and Stars Being Born
- 5 Birth of Submillimetre Astronomy
- 6 The Cosmic Microwave Background, Echo of the Big Bang
- 7 The Infrared Astronomical Satellite and the Opening Up of Extragalactic Infrared Astronomy
- 8 The Cosmic Background Explorer and the Ripples, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Dark Energy
- 9 Giant Ground-Based Near-Infrared and Submillimetre Telescopes
- 10 The Infrared Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- 11 Our Solar System’s Dusty Debris Disk and the Search for Exoplanets
- 12 The Future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Credits for Illustrations
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
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- Night VisionExploring the Infrared Universe, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013