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Cosmic Exploration with Telescope 400 Years :: Lectures :: Astronomy @ Stardust Sand

[2008-01-17]

望遠鏡探索宇宙四百年 Cosmic Exploration with Telescope 400 Years

Credit: Yuri Beletsky

這是「宇宙探索新世代」講座系列的第一講，整個系列以人類探索宇宙為軸心，人類如何透過不斷的觀測去理解宇宙真締的故事，以下是第一講的簡介。

望遠鏡發明至今，快將四百年的時間，望遠鏡的出現打開了人類探索宇宙的窗口，並觸發了一場科學革命，締造了現代天文學的誕生。在這短短四百年時間，人類對宇宙的認知由遠古以來肉眼僅見的日月五星概念發展到今時今日的暗能量充斥、宇宙加速膨模型。四百年後的今天，探索宇宙的工具日新月異，十米級的地基光學望遠鏡相繼落成；不同波段的太空望遠鏡、天文衛星不斷揭開人類前所未見的宇宙探索新一頁。

This is the first lecture of the "New Era of Cosmic Exploration" lecture series, which would focus on how human beings explore the universe, and how do we understand the universe through observations and the stories behind. Below is the outline of the first lecture.

It is almost 400 years since the invention of telescope, while the use of telescope marked the beginning of modern astronomy, which opened a window of universe for mankind to explore, and lead to a scientific revolution. In this short period of time, our understanding of the universe has been changed totally, from the vision of only 5 planets to a picture with dark energy dominated accelerating universe. After 400 years of telescope invention, the tools for cosmic exploration is everchanging, many giant telescopes with 10 meters aperture are constructed, satellites and multiwavelength observations are now opened new pages for our unseen universe.

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書籍：
	Our Universe: The Thrill of Extragalactic Exploration Edited by Alan Stern Cambridge University Press, 2001
	An Acre of Glass: A History and Forecast of the Telescope J.B. Zirker Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
	The Telescope: Its History, Technology, and Future Geoff Andersen Princeton University Press, 2006
	Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of the Technology W. Patrick McCray Harvard University Press, 2004
	The History of the Telescope Henry C. King Dover, 1955
	The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology Malcolm Longair Cambridge University Press, 2006
	The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe John C. Mather, John Boslough Basic Books, 1996
	Wrinkles in Time George Smoot, Keay Davidson Harper Perennial, 1994
	Echo of the Big Bang Michael D. Lemonick Princeton University Press, 2003
	The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos Robert P. Kirshner Princeton University Press, 2002