LEADER 03714nam 22006135 450 001 9910254587003321 005 20200702214008.0 010 $a9783319490793 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-49079-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000964734 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-49079-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4747034 035 $a(PPN)197139876 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000964734 100 $a20161122d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands$b[electronic resource] $eThe People and the Politics /$fby Astrid Elbers 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 240 p. 40 illus., 8 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-310X 311 $a3-319-49078-8 311 $a3-319-49079-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands -- Chapter 3: The Making of the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope. -Chapter 4: Joining Forces with the Belgiums -- Chapter 5: The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope -- Conclusion -- Index. 330 $aRadio astronomy was born during the Second World War, but as this book explains, the history of early Dutch radio astronomy is in several respects rather anomalous in comparison to the development of radio astronomy in other countries. The author describes how these very differences led the Netherlands to become one of the world leaders in radio astronomy. Dominated by the Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, the field embarked on an era of success, and to this day, the country still holds this leading position. To tell this story, the book focuses on three key events in the period 1940-1970, namely the construction of the radio telescopes in Kootwijk (1948), in Dwingeloo (1956), and in Westerbork (1970). These projects show that Dutch radio astronomers must not be seen as merely scientists, but also as strategic lobbyists, networkers and organizers in a specific political and economic context. It was in the process of planning, designing and constructing these instruments that the interests of the astronomers, industrial partners, politicians and lobby groups merged to create today's existing research centers for radio astronomy. 410 0$aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-310X 606 $aObservations, Astronomical 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aPhysics 606 $aHistory 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aObservations, Astronomical. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a520 700 $aElbers$b Astrid$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0825058 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254587003321 996 $aThe Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands$92000191 997 $aUNINA