Reflecting Telescope Optics I Basic Design Theory and its Historical
R.N. Wilson's two-volume treatise on reflecting telescope optics has become a classic in its own right. It is intended to give a complete treatment of the subject, addressing professionals in research and industry as well as students of astronomy and amat
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I. Appenzeller, Heidelberg, Germany G. Börner, Garching, Germany A. Burkert, München, Germany M. A. Dopita, Canberra, Australia T. Encrenaz, Meudon, France M. Harwit, Washington, DC, USA R. Kippenhahn, Göttingen, Germany J. Lequeux, Paris, France A. Maeder, Sauverny, Switzerland V. Trimble, College Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
R. N. Wilson
Reflecting Telescope Optics I Basic Design Theory and its Historical Development
Second Edition With 238 Figures
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Raymond N. Wilson Waaler Str. 29 85296 Rohrbach, Germany
Cover picture: Karl Schwarzschild, surrounded by, from left to right, Marin Mersenne, René Descartes, James Gregory, William Herschel, Ludwig von Seidel, George Ritchey, Henri Chrétien, Bernhard Schmidt. (From various sources acknowledged in the book.)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004041321
ISSN 0941-7834 Second corrected printing. ISBN 978-3-540-40106-7 Second Edition Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-58964-3 First Edition Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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To the memory of
Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916) who developed the first complete aberration theory of reflecting telescopes
To the memory of
Harold Hopkins (1918–1994) a great physicist, teacher and friend, who revealed to me the beauty and power of aberration theory
Karl Schwarzschild ca. 1908 (courtesy Martin Schwarzschild)
Preface to the 2nd edition
A corrected reprint of the first edition appeared in 2000. It was a requirement that the pagination remain unaltered, but nevertheless, apart from minor and format corrections on 17 pages, a number of corrections or additions of substance could be incorporated. These included minor corrections to Figs. 1.3 b) and 2.8 and to the text of Fig. 5.18. The most important change of all was probably the complete revision of the historical treatment of Cassegrain in the Portrait Gallery, due to the superb res
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