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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786360903321

Autore

Munns David P. D. <1972->

Titolo

A single sky : how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy / / David P.D. Munns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013

ISBN

1-283-74160-1

0-262-30519-4

0-262-30427-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

522/.682

Soggetti

Radio astronomy - International cooperation - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Decisions; Chatper 2: Noise; Chapter 3: Disciples; Chapter 4: Visions; A Postwar British Spectacle; A Giant Radio Telescope for the Southern Hemisphere; Martin Ryle and the Cambridge Interferometer; The Revolt of the Physicists; An Australian in California; Chapter 5: Size; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community.