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Title
The Invisible Universe [electronic resource] : The Story of Radio Astronomy / Gerrit Verschuur.
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9783319134222 electronic book
3319134221 electronic book
9783319134215
Published
Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-13422-2 doi
Call Number
QB475
Dewey Decimal Classification
522/.682
Summary
Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, the invisible universe beyond our senses continues to fascinate and intrigue our imaginations. Closer to home, in the Milky Way galaxy, radio astronomers listen patiently to the ticking of pulsars that tell of star death and states of matter of awesome densities. All of this happens out there in the universe hidden from our eyes, even when aided by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, colliding galaxies and by the very beginnings of the universe itself. The author discusses what radio astronomers are doing in the New Mexico desert, in a remote valley in Puerto Rico, and in the green Pocahontas Valley in West Virginia, as well as dozens of other remote sites around the world. With each of these observatories, the scientists collect and analyze their data, "listening" to the radio signals from space in order to learn what, or perhaps who, is out there as well. The author specifically highlights enormous changes that have occurred in the field over the past 50 years, including the political reality of radio astronomy and what that could mean for the future.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Astronomers' universe.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319134215
Preface
What is Radio Astronomy?
A Science is Born
The Radio Sun and Planets
The Galactic Radio Nebulae
Radio Waves from the Milky Way
Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen
Interstellar Molecules
Pulsars
The Galactic Superstars
Radio Galaxies
Quasars
The Grand Unification: Active Galactic Nuclei
Beyond the Quasars Radio Cosmology
Radio Telescopes in High Places
Radio Telescopes: The Future
China Rising
On the Radio Astronomical Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
On Growth and Obsolescence
What Lies Ahead?- Appendix
Further Reading
Index.
