Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-379) and index.
Contents
Prologue : Launching the Hubble Space Telescope -- A troubled history -- Spherical aberration -- The road to recovery -- The power of the image -- New instruments and new directions -- The universe turned inside out -- The fall and rise of Hubble's last servicing mission -- Operating the Hubble Space Telescope -- Astronomy : A science transformed -- The world's most famous telescope.
