A single sky : how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy / / David P.D. Munns
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| Autore: |
Munns David P. D. <1972->
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| Titolo: |
A single sky : how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy / / David P.D. Munns
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 522/.682 |
| Soggetto topico: | Radio astronomy - International cooperation - History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
| SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology | |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES/Astronomy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Decisions; Chatper 2: Noise; Chapter 3: Disciples; Chapter 4: Visions; A Postwar British Spectacle; A Giant Radio Telescope for the Southern Hemisphere; Martin Ryle and the Cambridge Interferometer; The Revolt of the Physicists; An Australian in California; Chapter 5: Size; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A single sky |
| ISBN: | 1-283-74160-1 |
| 0-262-30519-4 | |
| 0-262-30427-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786360903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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