A Single Sky : How an International Community Forged the Science of Radio Astronomy.
Title:
A Single Sky : How an International Community Forged the Science of Radio Astronomy.
Author:
Munns, David P.D.
ISBN:
9780262305198
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (261 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Decisions -- Chatper 2: Noise -- Chapter 3: Disciples -- Chapter 4: Visions -- A Postwar British Spectacle -- A Giant Radio Telescope for the Southern Hemisphere -- Martin Ryle and the Cambridge Interferometer -- The Revolt of the Physicists -- An Australian in California -- Chapter 5: Size -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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