LEADER 04303nam 22006735 450 001 9910300412303321 005 20240228152932.0 010 $a9783319134222$b(ebook) 010 $a3319134221$b(ebook) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-13422-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000342619 035 $a(EBL)1968195 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001424512 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11778170 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001424512 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11367007 035 $a(PQKB)11187138 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-13422-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1968195 035 $a(PPN)183520904 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000342619 100 $a20150123d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe invisible universe $ethe story of radio astronomy /$fGerrit Verschuur 205 $aThird edition. 210 1$aSwitzerland :$cSpringer International Publishing,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-13421-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aHidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, the invisible universe beyond our senses continues to fascinate and intrigue our imaginations. Closer to home, in the Milky Way galaxy, radio astronomers listen patiently to the ticking of pulsars that tell of star death and states of matter of awesome densities. All of this happens out there in the universe hidden from our eyes, even when aided by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, colliding galaxies and by the very beginnings of the universe itself. The author discusses what radio astronomers are doing in the New Mexico desert, in a remote valley in Puerto Rico, and in the green Pocahontas Valley in West Virginia, as well as dozens of other remote sites around the world. With each of these observatories, the scientists collect and analyze their data, "listening" to the radio signals from space in order to learn what, or perhaps who, is out there as well. The author specifically highlights enormous changes that have occurred in the field over the past 50 years, including the political reality of radio astronomy and what that could mean for the future. 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstronomy$vObservations 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aPhysics 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 676 $a520 676 $a530.01 700 $aVerschuur$b Gerrit$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0792559 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300412303321 996 $aThe Invisible Universe$92503097 997 $aUNINA