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The Invisible Universe
The Story of Radio Astronomy
Taschenbuch von Gerrit Verschuur
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Dr. Gerrit Verschuur is the author of eight books, co-author or editor of 3 text books, has written over 80 scientific research articles, and 90 + popular astronomy articles. He lectures widely on astronomical topics, pioneered the study of the interstellar magnetic field and has been active in radio astronomical studies of interstellar matter for over 45 years. Dr. Verschuur published the first ever, full-length technical paper on the radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence in 1973. He has taught in the physics departments of six different universities world-wide, most recently at the University of Memphis.
Zusammenfassung

Includes new chapters that encompass the amazing work already being done by ALMA and some of the new radio telescopes that have come into operation since 2007

Provides new information that concerns the political reality of what happens to "big science" when it becomes too big to be affordable

Verschuur both entertains and informs about the contribution that radio astronomy is making towards an understanding of the universe Highly recommended. All levels." (W. E. Howard III, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), August, 2007)

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 272
Reihe: Astronomers' Universe
Inhalt: xii
259 S.
13 s/w Illustr.
69 farbige Illustr.
259 p. 82 illus.
69 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319134215
ISBN-10: 3319134213
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-319-13421-5
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Verschuur, Gerrit
Auflage: 3rd ed. 2015
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Astronomers' Universe
Maße: 235 x 155 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gerrit Verschuur
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.02.2015
Gewicht: 0,417 kg
preigu-id: 105038570
Über den Autor
Dr. Gerrit Verschuur is the author of eight books, co-author or editor of 3 text books, has written over 80 scientific research articles, and 90 + popular astronomy articles. He lectures widely on astronomical topics, pioneered the study of the interstellar magnetic field and has been active in radio astronomical studies of interstellar matter for over 45 years. Dr. Verschuur published the first ever, full-length technical paper on the radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence in 1973. He has taught in the physics departments of six different universities world-wide, most recently at the University of Memphis.
Zusammenfassung

Includes new chapters that encompass the amazing work already being done by ALMA and some of the new radio telescopes that have come into operation since 2007

Provides new information that concerns the political reality of what happens to "big science" when it becomes too big to be affordable

Verschuur both entertains and informs about the contribution that radio astronomy is making towards an understanding of the universe Highly recommended. All levels." (W. E. Howard III, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), August, 2007)

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 272
Reihe: Astronomers' Universe
Inhalt: xii
259 S.
13 s/w Illustr.
69 farbige Illustr.
259 p. 82 illus.
69 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319134215
ISBN-10: 3319134213
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-319-13421-5
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Verschuur, Gerrit
Auflage: 3rd ed. 2015
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Astronomers' Universe
Maße: 235 x 155 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gerrit Verschuur
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.02.2015
Gewicht: 0,417 kg
preigu-id: 105038570
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