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1 online resource |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; UNSEEN COSMOS: the universe in radio; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1: Radio Noise from Space; Jansky's Merry-Go-Round; Radio waves; The First Radio Telescope; The Andromeda Nebula; The Big Dishes; 2: Hot Sun and Cold Planets; Thermal Radiation: the Sun; The Radio Interferometer; The Sea-cliff Interferometer; Solar Radio Bursts; Cold Planets and the Moon; Radar: Meteors, the Moon, and the Planets; Distances Measured from Spacecraft; 3: Our Galaxy: the Milky Way; The Hydrogen Line; The Spiral Structure of the Galaxy; The Centre of the Milky Way; Hydrogen and Electrons. |
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Where Are the Electrons?Free-free Radiation; Our magnetic Galaxy; Twinkle Twinkle Little Radio Star; 4: Cosmic Rays, the Synchrotron, and Molecules; Cosmic Ray Air Showers; Synchrotron Radiation; Molecules in the Galaxy; 5: Radio Galaxies and Quasars; Radio Stars or Radio Galaxies?; The Discovery of Quasars; Black Holes; Jets and Radio Lobes; All One Family; Faster than Light?; Gravitational Lenses; 6: Supernovae and Pulsars; Jocelyn Bell's Discovery; The Crab Pulsar; Hunting for Pulsars; The Big Search; Hunting Techniques; Gamma-Rays and Photons; How Do Pulsars Work?; The Glitch. |
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The Biggest Magnet in the GalaxyGenerating Radio and Gamma-rays; The Lighthouse Beams; How Does Pulsar Radio Work?; 7: Pulsar Clocks and Relativity; The Fastest Spinners; X-ray Binaries; Watching-and Correcting-the Clocks; The Relativistic Binary; Gravity Waves; The Shapiro Delay; The Double Pulsar Binary; Prospects; 8: Radio Expands into Cosmology; The Steady State Universe; What Do We Mean by Distance?; Gravity; Einstein's New Look at Gravity; The Cosmological Constant; Space is flat; 9: Seeing the Cosmic Fireball; Discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background; COBE, WMAP, and Planck. |
| Summary |
Radio telescopes have transformed our understanding of the Universe. Pulsars, quasars, Big Bang cosmology: all are discoveries of the new science of radio astronomy. Here, Francis Graham-Smith describes the birth, development, and maturity of radio astronomy, from the first discovery of cosmic radio waves to its present role as a major part of modern astronomy. Radio is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, covering infra-red, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma-rays, and Graham-Smith explains why it is that radio waves give us a unique view of the Universe. Tracing the development o. |
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Radio astronomy.
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Radio telescopes.
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NATURE -- Sky Observation.
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Radio astronomy. (OCoLC)fst01087196
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Radio telescopes. (OCoLC)fst01087603
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Popular Science and Mathematics.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Print version: 9781299956339 |
| ISBN |
9780191636240 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
YBP11209736 |
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