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Lighter Side Of Adaptive Optics Robert K Tyson

  • SKU: BELL-5432092
Lighter Side Of Adaptive Optics Robert K Tyson
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Publisher: SPIE Publications
File Extension: PDF
File size: 7.03 MB
Pages: 110
Author: Robert K. Tyson
ISBN: 9780819475619, 0819475610
Language: English
Year: 2009

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Lighter Side Of Adaptive Optics Robert K Tyson by Robert K. Tyson 9780819475619, 0819475610 instant download after payment.

Adaptive optics has been under development for well over 40 years. It is an indisputable necessity for all major ground-based astronomical telescopes and is the foundation for laser and wavefront sensor design. Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics is a nontechnical explanation of optics, the atmosphere, and the technology for 'untwinkling' the stars. While interweaving a fictional romantic relationship as an analogy to adaptive optics, and inserting satire, humor, and philosophical rants, Tyson brings a difficult scientific topic to its knees. The 'why' and 'how' of adaptive optics has never been more enjoyable.

Contents

- Foreword
- Love is in the Air
- The Atmosphere Has Gas
- Adaptive Optics Systems and Some Cool Things about Light Beams
- Clever Wavefront Sensors
- Laser Guide Stars, the Beacons in the Night
- Mirrors that Get Bent Out of Shape
- Computers That Shouldn't Crash
- Other Ways to Do It
- Putting the System Together
- Getting the Blasted Thing to Work Right or Even Work at All
- Fun with Shining Lasers into Your Eyes
- A Happy Ending
- Backword: The Leslie B. Smythe Story
- Bibliography (Some other books about adaptive optics that aren't nearly as funny as this one)
- Index

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