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Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy
Iii Woodruff T. Sullivan
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Description for Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy
hardcover. A definitive history of the formative years of radio astronomy for historians of science, scientists and engineers. Num Pages: 574 pages, 132 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 194 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1374. A History of Early Radio Astronomy. 574 pages, 132 b/w illus. A definitive history of the formative years of radio astronomy for historians of science, scientists and engineers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: PGG; PHVB. Dimension: 250 x 194 x 32. Weight: 1374.
Providing a definitive history of the formative years of radio astronomy, this book is invaluable for historians of science, scientists and engineers. The whole of worldwide radio and radar astronomy is covered, beginning with the discoveries by Jansky and Reber of cosmic noise before World War II, through the wartime detections of solar noise, the discovery of radio stars, lunar and meteor radar experiments, the detection of the hydrogen spectral line, to the discoveries of Hey, Ryle, Lovell and Pawsey in the decade following the war, revealing an entirely different sky from that of visual astronomy. Using contemporary literature, correspondence ... Read more
Providing a definitive history of the formative years of radio astronomy, this book is invaluable for historians of science, scientists and engineers. The whole of worldwide radio and radar astronomy is covered, beginning with the discoveries by Jansky and Reber of cosmic noise before World War II, through the wartime detections of solar noise, the discovery of radio stars, lunar and meteor radar experiments, the detection of the hydrogen spectral line, to the discoveries of Hey, Ryle, Lovell and Pawsey in the decade following the war, revealing an entirely different sky from that of visual astronomy. Using contemporary literature, correspondence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
Number of Pages
574
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521765244
SKU
V9780521765244
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About Iii Woodruff T. Sullivan
Woodruff T. Sullivan III is Professor of Astronomy and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle. Trained as a radio astronomer, his research has included radio studies of the interstellar medium in our own and other galaxies, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and astrobiology.
Reviews for Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy
'Sullivan's work is a product of 25 years in the history of science and only slightly longer in the realm of professional radio astronomers … [Encompasses] essentially all major characters and incidents of early radio astronomy … Cosmic Noise covers the multiple strands that amorphously connect the late nineteenth-century discovery of radio waves to 1952/53 radio astronomy … a commendable ... Read more