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A single sky : how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy / David P.D. Munns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munns, David P. D., 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio astronomy--International cooperation--History.
- Radio astronomy.
- Radio astronomy--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-74160-1
- 0-262-30519-4
- 0-262-30427-9
- OCLC:
- 819325462
- Publisher Number:
- 40021587646
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