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The Invisible Universe

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This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, colliding galaxies and by the very beginnings of the universe itself. The author discusses what radio astronomers are doing in the New Mexico desert, in a remote valley in Puerto Rico, and in the green Pocahontas Valley in West Virginia, as well as dozens of other remote sites around the world. With each of these observatories, the scientists collect and analyze their data, "listening" to the radio signals from space in order to learn what, or perhaps who, is out there as well. The author specifically highlights enormous changes that have occurred in the field over the past 50 years, including the political reality of radio astronomy and what that could mean for the future.

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Series Title

Astronomers' Universe

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Publisher

Springer Cham : Springer Cham., 2015

Collation

XII, 259

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-319-13422-2

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NONE

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text

Media Type

computer

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Subject(s)

Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy

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Gerrit Verschuur

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Jemadi

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-319-13422-2.pdf?pdf=button

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