01369cam a2200289 4500 9778485 TxAuBib 20051110120000.0 ||||||s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2004013442 9781590185681 hard cover : alk. paper 1590185684 hard cover : alk. paper TxAuBib Barter, James, 1946- Telescopes / by James Barter. Detroit : Thomson/Gale, 2005. 112 p : ill., map ; 24 cm. Lucent library of science and technology, The Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106) and index. Tools to answer cosmic questions -- The first telescope -- The era of the giants -- Radio telescopes : discovering the invisible universe -- Observing the violent universe : X-rays and gamma rays -- Hubble -- Peering into the future. Describes the invention of the telescope and its history, covering such topics as radio telescopes, orbiting telescopes, x-rays and gamma rays, and the Hubble Space Telescope. 8.9 Follett Library Resources. 5-8. Telescopes Juvenile literature. Telescopes. The Lucent library of science and technology.