Open skies : the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and its impact on US radio astronomy /

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Author / Creator:Kellermann, Kenneth I., 1937- author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020.
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 652 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Historical & cultural astronomy, 2509-310X
Historical & cultural astronomy,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12487758
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Other authors / contributors:Bouton, Ellen N., author.
Brandt, Sierra S., author.
ISBN:9783030323455
3030323455
9783030323448
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open access.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 29, 2020).
Summary: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.
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-32345-5
10.1007/978-3-030-32