LEADER 02824nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910438113803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-642-28371-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-28371-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000279579 035 $a(EBL)972847 035 $a(OCoLC)819379540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000800189 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000800189 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10781943 035 $a(PQKB)10909919 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-28371-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC972847 035 $a(PPN)168311852 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000279579 100 $a20121025d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCelestial messengers $ecosmic rays : the story of a scientific adventure /$fMario Bertolotti 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aHeidelberg $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 0$aAstronomers' universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-28370-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPrehistory - The electron, the proton and X-rays -- Prehistory - Radioactivity -- Cosmic rays - The antefacts -- The discovery - Victor F. Hess and the balloon flights -- The confirmation - Robert Millikan and the  ?birth cry? of the borning atoms -- A turning point - Things are not as they look -- The earth magnetic field and the geomagnetic effects -- The positive electron -- The electromagnetic showers -- The muon -- The discovery of the ?-meson, nuclear emulsions and the first ?strange? particles -- The extended showers -- Nuclear stars -- The neutrino: elusive and capricious particles able to come from very far away -- What are the primary cosmic rays? -- The origin of cosmic rays -- X- and gamma rays from space. 330 $aThe book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided. Cosmic rays have an official date of discovery which is linked to the famous balloon flights of the Austrian physicist Hess in 1912. The year 2012 can therefore be considered the centenary of the discovery. 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aCosmic rays 615 0$aCosmic rays. 676 $a535 700 $aBertolotti$b Mario$0201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438113803321 996 $aCelestial Messengers$92200079 997 $aUNINA