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Author | : Richard F. Hirsh |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1983-10-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521251211 |
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This book deals with the evolution of X-ray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. Three transformations of astronomy as a discipline are highlighted: the augmentation of purely optical observations; the emergence of federal funding as the dominant source of financial support; and the greatly altered size and structure of the research community.
Author | : Gideon Algernon Mantell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Animalcules |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Herbert Gursky |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789810244231 |
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This volume is dedicated to Riccardo Giacconi for his sixty-fifth birthday, on the occasion of his being awarded a ?Laurea Honoris Causa? in physics at the University of Rome ?La Sapienza?. A meeting was held in his honor, and presentations were given that reflected the state-of-the-art of research on subjects related to Giacconi's scientific interests and achievements through the decades. This volume is based upon the papers presented at that meeting. It provides a tribute to Riccardo Giacconi for his outstanding contributions towards opening up the entire field of high energy astrophysics.
Author | : Philip A. Charles |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1995-10-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521437127 |
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The one-stop general book on the whole of X-ray astronomy.
Author | : Martin Harwit |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2013-11-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107661188 |
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Astrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access - at virtually no cost - to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight.
Author | : John Lankford |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2013-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136508341 |
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This Encyclopedia traces the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age in over 300 entries by leading experts.
Author | : Albrecht Unsöld |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3662043564 |
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Astronomy, astrophysics and space research have witnessed an explosive development over the last few decades. The new observational potential offered by space stations and the availability of powerful and highly specialized computers have revealed novel aspects of the fascinating realm of galaxies, quasars, stars and planets. The present completely revised 5th edition of The New Cosmos provides ample evidence of these dramatic developments. In a concise presentation, which assumes only a modest prior knowledge of mathematics and physics, the book gives a coherent introduction to the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics. At the same time it takes into account the art of observation and the fundamental ideas behind their interpretation. Like its predecessors, this edition of The New Cosmos will provide new insight and enjoyment not only to students and researchers in the fields of astronomy, physics and earth sciences, but also to a wide range of interested amateurs.
Author | : David Leverington |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521658331 |
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An extensively illustrated account of the development and achievements of astronomical observations from space since WWII.
Author | : Neil English |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2016-11-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319278142 |
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Space telescopes are among humankind’s greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these telescopes were built and launched and the data they provided is explored. Only certain kinds of radiation can penetrate our planet's atmosphere, which limits what we can observe. But with space telescopes all this changed. We now have the means to "see" beyond Earth using ultraviolet, microwave, and infrared rays, X-rays and gamma rays. In this book we meet the pioneers and the telescopes that were built around their ideas. This book looks at space telescopes not simply chronologically but also in order of the electromagnetic spectrum, making it possible to understand better why they were made.
Author | : Michael Hoskin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1999-03-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1316342395 |
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Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our study of the cosmos from prehistory through to a survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics (sure to be of interest to future historians of twentieth-century astronomy). It does not attempt to cover everything, but deliberately concentrates on the important themes and topics. These include stellar astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, at the time subordinate to the study of the solar system, but the source of many important concepts in modern astronomy, and the Copernican revolution, which led to the challenge of ancient authorities in many areas, not just astronomy. This is an essential text for students of the history of science and for students of astronomy who require a historical background to their studies.