Secrets of the hoary deep : a personal history of modern astronomy / Riccardo Giacconi.
Secrets of the hoary deep : a personal history of modern astronomy / Riccardo Giacconi.
Secrets of the hoary deep : a personal history of modern astronomy / Riccardo Giacconi.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N520.92/27
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English
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xiii, 411 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. My Italian Roots -- 2. New World: Wheelwright Fellowship -- 3. Introducing X-Ray Astronomy -- 4. The First Celestial X-Ray Source: Discovering Sco X-1 -- 5. Plans and Progress in X-Ray Astronomy -- 6. The First Orbiting X-Ray Observatory: Uhuru -- 7. Breakthrough: The Uhuru Results -- 8. Construc...
18. The Role of ESO in Major European Astronomy Programs -- 19. Radio Astronomy on the Radar -- 20. First Loves and Last Words.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
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Maryland
Date Published
2008.
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"Nobel Prize winner Riccardo Giacconi's highly personal account of the birth and evolution of x-ray astronomy reveals the science, people, and institutional settings behind this incalculably important and deeply influential discipline." "Part history, part memoir, and part cutting-edge science, Secrets of the Hoary Deep is the tale of x-ray astrono...
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Secrets of the hoary deep : a personal history of modern astronomy / Riccardo Giacconi.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-389) and indexes.
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N520.92/27
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0801888093 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801888090 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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520.92 B
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991000531859702626
