Modern Technology and its Influence on Astronomy by Alec Boksenberg (Editor), Jaspar Wall (Editor), Jaspar Wall (Editor)

Preface;

Part I. Introduction:

1. Robert Hanbury Brown A. C. B. Lovell;
2. Interferometers and aperture synthesis F. Graham Smith;

Part II. High Angular Radio Resolution:
3. Aperture synthesis and the microwave background A. Hewish;
4. VLBI from ground and space R. T. Schilizzi;
5. Radio-linked interferometers J. G. Davies;
6. Millimetre interferometry D. Downes;
7. Radio image processing A. C. S. Readhead;

Part III. High Angular Optimal Resolution:
8. Quantum effects in high angular resolution astronomy J. C. Dainty;
9. The Sydney stellar interferometry programme J. Davis;
10. Speckle masking, speckle spectroscopy and optical aperture synthesis G. Weigelt;
11. Optical aperture synthesis J. E. Baldwin;
12. High resolution imaging on La Palma J. E. Nordan;

Part IV. Developments in Optical Telescopes:
13. Large mirrors J. R. P. Angel;
14. Wide field telescopes and high redshift QSO surveys C. Hazard;
15. The ESO 16m VLT L. Woltjer;
16. The Hubble Space Telescope G. Illingworth;

Part V. Developments in Optical Instrumentation:
17. The low dispersion survey spectrograph K. Taylor;
18. Correction of atmospheric dispersion C. G. Wynne and S. P. Worwick;
19. Image photon counting A. Boksenberg;
20. Developments in solid state detectors C. D. MacKay;
21. The use of CCDs on optical telescopes P. R. Jorden;
22. On-line data handling P. T. Wallace;

Part VI. Conclusion:
23. Modern technology and its influence on astronomers V. Radhakrishnan;
24. Concluding remarks R. H. Brown; Index.