LEADER 02548nam 2200457 450 001 9910480286603321 010 $a1-74224-274-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001391147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5437555 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5056575 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001391147 100 $a20180801d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRadio astronomer $eJohn Bolton and a new window on the universe /$fPeter Robertson ; foreword by Ron Ekers and Ken Kellermann 210 1$aSydney, NSW :$cNewSouth Publishing,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 421 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-74223-545-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (1922-93), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge University. After wartime service in the Royal Navy, he arrived in Sydney and joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory. In the late 1940s he discovered and identified the first discrete radio sources, unusual objects at vast distances with intense emission at radio frequencies. These discoveries marked the birth of a new field extragalactic radio astronomy.Bolton had the unusual distinction of being the inaugural director of two new observatories. In the late 1950s at Caltech he built the first major observatory for radio astronomy in the United States, and then returned to Australia to take charge of the newly completed Parkes telescope in New South Wales featured in the acclaimed film The Dish. In this thoroughly researched and generously illustrated biography, Peter Robertson tells the remarkable story of how John Bolton, and his CSIRO colleagues, propelled Australia to the forefront of international radio astronomy." --Inside jacket. 606 $aAstronomers$zAustralia$vBiography 606 $aRadio astronomy$zAustralia$xHistory 606 $aRadio telescopes$zAustralia$zNew South Wales 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAstronomers 615 0$aRadio astronomy$xHistory. 615 0$aRadio telescopes 676 $a520.94509033 700 $aRobertson$b Peter$c(Science writer),$0932215 702 $aEkers$b R. D$g(Ron D.), 702 $aKellermann$b Kenneth I.$f1937- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480286603321 996 $aRadio astronomer$92097250 997 $aUNINA