"Confronted by [modern] advances, amateur astronomers - the driving force behind the study of the heavens for much of history - have had to reinvent themselves. Today's 'amateur' is, in fact, a serious professional armed with the latest tools of optics and computers to capture, analyse, catalogue, and disseminate information and images of the night sky (and day sky!). They complement, rather than compete with, the work of major observatories and research scientists. Some areas of study, such as the search for near Earth objects - asteroids and comets - still rely heavily on the efforts of dedicated amateurs. Dr Greg Parker is one such serious amateur."
(Sir Arthur C. Clarke)
"The wonders of the Universe are here! Enjoy!"
(Dr. Brian May)
"This is a book deserving an honoured place every scientific library, amateur or professional."
(Sir Patrick Moore)
Written for:
'Armchair astronomers' and general science readers
Der Autor
Professor Greg Parker is Head of the Nanoscale Systems Integration Group at Southampton University in Southern England. His deep sky astronomical images have been published in Astronomy Now and Sky at Night magazines. He is the author of Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics (IOP, ISBN 0750310219), and has written many scientific papers and articles, mostly in the area of photonics and optoelectronics, as well as a chapter (Guided-wave Optical Communications: Materials) in Elsevier’s Encyclopaedia of Materials: Science & Technology.
Springer Berlin, 2009, 224 S.
42,75 Euro
Hardcover, w. 10 b&w and 100 col. figs. and 10 duotones
ISBN: 978-0-387-88435-6
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