A single sky
Subtitle: how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy
By: David P.D. Munns
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780262018333
Subjects: Radio astronomy; International cooperation; History
Description: For more than three thousand years, the science of astronomy depended on visible light. In just the last sixty years, radio technology has fundamentally altered how astronomers see the universe. Combining the wartime innovation of radar and the established standards of traditional optical telescopes, the "radio telescope" offered humanity a new vision of the universe. In A Single Sky, the historian David Munns explains how the idea of the radio telescope emerged from a new scientific community uniting the power of radio with the international aspirations of the discipline of astronomy. The radio astronomers challenged Cold War era rivalries by forging a united scientific community looking at a single sky.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Decisions; title: Noise; title: Disciples; title: Visions; title: Size.