Introduction: Beautiful and Cantankerous Instruments | 1 | (12) | |
1 Leo and Jesse's Changing World | 13 | (37) | |
2 Tradition and Balance | 50 | (34) | |
3 Visions of Grandeur | 84 | (30) | |
4 Paper Telescopes | 114 | (29) | |
5 Growing Pains | 143 | (29) | |
6 Astropolitics | 172 | (32) | |
7 Smoke and Mirrors | 204 | (33) | |
8 Joining the 8-Meter Club | 237 | (28) | |
9 Point-and-Click Astronomy | 265 | (25) | |
Conclusion: Telescopes, Postwar Science, and the Next Big Machine | 290 | (19) | |
Giant Telescopes | 309 | (2) | |
Sources | 311 | (6) | |
Abbreviations | 317 | (2) | |
Notes | 319 | (38) | |
Acknowledgments | 357 | (2) | |
Index | 359 |
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