Kenneth I. Kellermann, Ellen N. Bouton

Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave background, electrical storms on Jupiter, the first extrasolar planets, and many other unexpected and unanticipated phenomena. Theory generally played little or no role - or even pointed in the wrong direction. Some discoveries came as a result of military or industrial activities, some from academic research intended for other purposes, some from simply looking with a new technique. Often it was the right person, in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing - or sometimes the wrong thing. Star Noise tells the story of these discoveries, the men and women who made them, the circumstances which enabled them, and the surprising ways in which real-life scientific research works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009021012
• Artikelnr.: 68970165

Autorenporträt

Kenneth I. Kellermann studies radio galaxies, quasars, cosmology, and the history of radio astronomy. He is the former President of the IAU Commission on Radio Astronomy, former chair of the National Academy of Sciences Astronomy Section, and former chair of the IAU Working Group on Historical Radio Astronomy.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. A new window on the universe
2. Radio emission from the sun and stars
3. Radio galaxies
4. Quasars and AGN
5. Radio astronomy, cosmology, and cosmic evolution
6. The Cosmic Microwave Background
7. Interplanetary scintillations, pulsars, neutron stars, and fast radio bursts
8. Interstellar atoms, molecules, and cosmic masers
9. Radio studies of the moon and planets
10. Testing gravity
11. If you build it, they will come
12. Expecting the unexpected
End notes
Glossary: Abbreviations and acronyms
Bibliography and suggested reading
Index.