The Rise Of Radio Astronomy In The Netherlands
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The Rise Of Radio Astronomy In The Netherlands
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Author : Astrid Elbers
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-11-23
The Rise Of Radio Astronomy In The Netherlands written by Astrid Elbers and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-23 with Science categories.
Radio astronomy was born during the Second World War, but as this book explains, the history of early Dutch radio astronomy is in several respects rather anomalous in comparison to the development of radio astronomy in other countries. The author describes how these very differences led the Netherlands to become one of the world leaders in radio astronomy. Dominated by the Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, the field embarked on an era of success, and to this day, the country still holds a leading position. To tell this story, the book focuses on three key events in the period 1940-1970, namely the construction of the radio telescopes in Kootwijk (1948), in Dwingeloo (1956), and in Westerbork (1970). These projects show that Dutch radio astronomers must not be seen as merely scientists, but also as strategic lobbyists, networkers and organizers in a specific political and economic context. It was in the process of planning, designing and constructing these instruments that the interests of the astronomers, industrial partners, politicians and lobby groups merged to create today's existing research centers for radio astronomy.
Astrophysics Astronomy And Space Sciences In The History Of The Max Planck Society
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Author : Luisa Bonolis
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-12-05
Astrophysics Astronomy And Space Sciences In The History Of The Max Planck Society written by Luisa Bonolis and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-05 with History categories.
This book provides the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of scientific traditions in astronomy, astrophysics, and the space sciences within the Max Planck Society. Structured with in-depth archival research, interviews with protagonists, unpublished photographs, and an extensive bibliography, it follows a unique history: from the post-war relaunch of physical sciences in West Germany, to the spectacular developments and successes of cosmic sciences in the second half of the 20th century, up to the emergence of multi-messenger astronomy. It reveals how the Society acquired national and international acclaim in becoming one of the world’s most productive research organizations in these fields.
Open Skies
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Author : Kenneth I. Kellermann
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-06-29
Open Skies written by Kenneth I. Kellermann and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-29 with Science categories.
This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy with particular attention to the people and institutions involved. The authors have made extensive use of the NRAO Archives, which contain an unparalleled collection of documents pertaining to the history of radio astronomy, including the institutional records of NRAO as well as the personal papers of many of the pioneers of U.S. radio astronomy. Technical details and extensive citations to original sources are given in notes for the more technical readers, but are not required for an understanding of the body of the book. This book is intended for an audience ranging from interested lay readers to professional researchers studying the scientific, technical, political, and cultural development of a new science, and how it changed the course of 20th century astronomy. With a Foreword by Ron Ekers.
Star Noise Discovering The Radio Universe
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Author : Kenneth I. Kellermann
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-11
Star Noise Discovering The Radio Universe written by Kenneth I. Kellermann and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with Science categories.
Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave background, electrical storms on Jupiter, the first extrasolar planets, and many other unexpected and unanticipated phenomena. Theory generally played little or no role – or even pointed in the wrong direction. Some discoveries came as a result of military or industrial activities, some from academic research intended for other purposes, some from simply looking with a new technique. Often it was the right person, in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing – or sometimes the wrong thing. Star Noise tells the story of these discoveries, the men and women who made them, the circumstances which enabled them, and the surprising ways in which real-life scientific research works.
Jan Hendrik Oort
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Author : Pieter C. van der Kruit
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-16
Jan Hendrik Oort written by Pieter C. van der Kruit and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Science categories.
This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development of our insight and a profound influence on the international organization and cooperation in his area of science and on the efforts and contribution of his native country. This book aims at describing Oort's life and works in the context of the development of his branch of science and as a tribute to a great scientist in a broader sense. The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort from the Netherlands was founder of studies of the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way Galaxy, initiator of radioastronomy and the European Southern Observatory, and an important contributor to many areas of astronomy, from the study of comets to the universe on the largest scales.
Powers Of Two
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Author : Edwin A. Valentijn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-04-13
Powers Of Two written by Edwin A. Valentijn and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Science categories.
Is everything Information? This is a tantalizing question which emerges in modern physics, life sciences, astronomy and in today’s information and technology-driven society. In Powers of Two expert authors undertake a unique expedition - in words and images - throughout the world (and scales) of information. The story resembles, in a way, the classic Powers of Ten journeys through space: from us to the macro and the micro worlds . However, by following Powers of Two through the world of information, a completely different and timely paradigm unfolds. Every power of two, 1, 2, 4, 8.... tells us a different story: starting from the creation of the very first bit at the Big Bang and the evolution of life, through 50 years of computational science, and finally into deep space, describing the information in black holes and even in the entire universe and beyond.... All this to address one question: Is our universe made of information? In this book, we experience the Information Universe in nature and in our society and how information lies at the very foundation of our understanding of the Universe. From the Foreword by Robbert Dijkgraaf: This book is in many ways a vastly extended version of Shannon’s one-page blueprint. It carries us all the way to the total information content of the Universe. And it bears testimony of how widespread the use of data has become in all aspects of life. Information is the connective tissue of the modern sciences. [...] Undoubtedly, future generations will look back at this time, so much enthralled by Big Data and quantum computers, as beholden to the information metaphor. But that is exactly the value of this book. With its crisp descriptions and evocative illustrations, it brings the reader into the here and now, at the very frontier of scientific research, including the excitement and promise of all the outstanding questions and future discoveries. Message for the e-reader of the book Powers of Two The book has been designed to be read in two-page spreads in full screen mode. For optimal reader experience in a downloaded .pdf file we strongly recommend you use the following settings in Adobe Acrobat Reader: - Taskbar: View > Page Display > two page view - Taskbar: View > Page Display > Show Cover Page in Two Page View - Taskbar: ^ Preferences > Full Screen > deselect " Fill screen with one page at a time" - Taskbar: View > Full screen mode or ctrl L (cmd L on a Mac) ***** Note: for reading the previews on Spinger link (and on-line reading in a browser), the full screen two-page view only works with these browsers: Firefox - Taskbar: on top of the text, at the uppermost right you will see then ” (which is a drop-down menu) ” even double pages - Fullscreen: F11 or Control+Cmd+F with Mac Edge - Taskbar middle: Two-page view and select show cover page separately
Highlighting The History Of Astronomy In The Asia Pacific Region
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Author : Wayne Orchiston
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-08-27
Highlighting The History Of Astronomy In The Asia Pacific Region written by Wayne Orchiston and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-27 with Science categories.
With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. Of particular note are the sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy, and the chapter on Peruvian astronomy. This title is of particular appeal to those with research interests in applied historical astronomy; archaeoastronomy; calendars, manuscripts, and star charts; historical instruments and observatories, and the history of radio astronomy.
The Birth Of Modern Astronomy
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Author : Harm J. Habing
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-03-23
The Birth Of Modern Astronomy written by Harm J. Habing and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-23 with Science categories.
This richly illustrated book discusses the ways in which astronomy expanded after 1945 from a modest discipline to a robust and modern science. It begins with an introduction to the state of astronomy in 1945 before recounting how in the following years, initial observations were made in hitherto unexplored ranges of wavelengths, such as X-radiation, infrared radiation and radio waves. These led to the serendipitous discovery of more than a dozen new phenomena, including quasars and neutron stars, that each triggered a new area of research. The book goes on to discuss how after 1985, the further, systematic exploration of the earlier discoveries led to long-term planning and the construction of new, large telescopes on Earth and in Space. Key scientific highlights described in the text are the detection of exoplanets (1995), the unexpected discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe (1999), a generally accepted model for the large-scale properties of theUniverse (2003) and the ΛCDM theory (2005) that explains how the galaxies and stars of the present Universe were formed from minute irregularities in the (almost) homogenous gas that filled the early Universe. All these major scientific achievements came at a price, namely the need to introduce two new phenomena that are as yet unexplained by physics: inflation and dark energy. Probably the deepest unsolved question has to be: Why did all of this start with a Big Bang?
The Encyclopedia Of The Industrial Revolution In World History
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Author : Kenneth E. Hendrickson III
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2014-11-25
The Encyclopedia Of The Industrial Revolution In World History written by Kenneth E. Hendrickson III and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-25 with History categories.
As editor Kenneth E. Hendrickson, III, notes in his introduction: “Since the end of the nineteenth-century, industrialization has become a global phenomenon. After the relative completion of the advanced industrial economies of the West after 1945, patterns of rapid economic change invaded societies beyond western Europe, North America, the Commonwealth, and Japan.” In The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History contributors survey the Industrial Revolution as a world historical phenomenon rather than through the traditional lens of a development largely restricted to Western society. The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History is a three-volume work of over 1,000 entries on the rise and spread of the Industrial Revolution across the world. Entries comprise accessible but scholarly explorations of topics from the “aerospace industry” to “zaibatsu.” Contributor articles not only address topics of technology and technical innovation but emphasize the individual human and social experience of industrialization. Entries include generous selections of biographical figures and human communities, with articles on entrepreneurs, working men and women, families, and organizations. They also cover legal developments, disasters, and the environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution. Each entry also includes cross-references and a brief list of suggested readings to alert readers to more detailed information. The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History includes over 300 illustrations, as well as artfully selected, extended quotations from key primary sources, from Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principal of Population” to Arthur Young’s look at Birmingham, England in 1791. This work is the perfect reference work for anyone conducting research in the areas of technology, business, economics, and history on a world historical scale.
Atlantis Rising Magazine 129 May June 2018
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Author : J. Douglas Kenyon
language : en
Publisher: Atlantis Rising LLC
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Atlantis Rising Magazine 129 May June 2018 written by J. Douglas Kenyon and has been published by Atlantis Rising LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In this issue: WHAT COULD THE MOON BE HIDING FROM US? Tracking the Recent, Amazing and Unexplained Discoveries on Earth's Very Strange Satellite BY WILLIAM B. STOECKER JOHN ANTHONY WEST: 1932 - 2018 BY ROBERT M. SCHOCH, Ph.D. Evidence for a Bronze Age Apocalypse BY FRANK JOSEPH THE MEGALITHS OF CALABRIA Immense 'Neolithic' Structures in Southern Italy Are Older than Stonehenge BY STVEN SORA WHEN THE SPRITS WRITE The Automatic-Writing Phenomenon--Benign or Ill? BY MICHAEL E. TYMN THE CRYSTAL CONNECTION The Many Faceted Search for an Ancient Power Grid BY MARTIN RUGGLES SONG OF THE STONES The Subtle Harmonies of Neolithic Construction BY RICHARD HEATH ATLANTIS BENEATH THE JAVA SEA? Recent Indonesian Discoveries and the Reinterpretation of Plato BY JONATHON PERRIN WILLIAM BLAKE'S ATLANTIS Might His Visions Still Reveal Something? BY JOHN CHAMBERS THE MAGICAL FOREST Where Indigenous Understanding and Science Converge BY ROBERT MENDEL REPLY TO A CRITIC IN INDIA BY MICHAEL CREMO ANCIENT TEMPLE OF THE STARS Gobekli Tepe and the Forgotten Resurrection of Civilization BY JULIE LOAR THE STRUGGLE TO RECOVER LOST KNOWLEDGE BY J. DOUGLAS KENYON