LEADER 03485nam 22007213 450 001 9910520064303321 005 20231110215836.0 010 $a3-319-91843-5 035 $a(CKB)5670000000197623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6875089 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6875089 035 $a(OCoLC)1298390424 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/79326 035 $a(PPN)269154507 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000197623 100 $a20220321d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGolden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy $eAn Illustrated History 210 $aCham$cSpringer Nature$d2021 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) 225 1 $aHistorical and Cultural Astronomy 311 $a3-319-91841-9 330 $aThe evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960 has been studied in detail by numerous historians of science in recent years. This Open Access book is the first to present an overview of this remarkable chapter in Australian science. The book begins in the post-war period, as the Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney switched from secret wartime research on radar to peacetime applications of this new technology. Next follows the detection of radio waves from space and the ensuing transformation of this fledgling science into the dominant research program at the Radiophysics Lab. Drawing from this history, the book shows how by 1960 the Radiophysics Lab had become the largest and most successful radio astronomy group in the world. The final chapter presents an overview of Australian radio astronomy from 1960 to the present day, as Australia prepares to co-host the multi-national, multi-billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array. Nearly 300 high-quality images complement the text, drawn from a wide range of sources including the extensive collection held by the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive. The book will be an essential reference for readers interested in the scientific and cultural development of radio astronomy. This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 410 0$aHistorical and Cultural Astronomy 606 $aHistory of science$2bicssc 606 $aAstronomy, space & time$2bicssc 610 $aHistory of radio astronomy 610 $aCSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory 610 $aJohn Bolton 610 $aTaffy Bowen 610 $aChris Christiansen 610 $aDiscrete radio sources 610 $aField stations 610 $aHydrogen-line studies 610 $aFrank Kerr 610 $aMills Cross 610 $aBernie Mills 610 $aParkes Radio Telescope 610 $aJoe Pawsey 610 $aRuby Payne-Scott 610 $aRadio source surveys 610 $aRadioheliograph 610 $aSea interferometers 610 $aAlex Shain 610 $aSolar bursts and eclipses 615 7$aHistory of science 615 7$aAstronomy, space & time 700 $aOrchiston$b Wayne$0792271 701 $aRobertson$b Peter$01200060 701 $aSullivan III$b Woodruff T$01214672 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910520064303321 996 $aGolden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy$92804623 997 $aUNINA