Astrophysics in the Next Decade - The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities - Paperback - 2010

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have the capability to investigate - and answer - some of the most challenging questions in astronomy. This book includes a 'pre-history' of JWST, describing the process and some of the key individuals that initiated early work on the concepts that would evolve to become the premier space observatory.
Year of publication: 2010
Pagination: 531 pages, biography
Format: Paperback
Serie: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Editor: Thronson, Harley A., Jr, Massimo S. Stiavelli, Alexander (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) Tielens