Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory / Wallace Tucker and Karen Tuck...
Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory / Wallace Tucker and Karen Tuck...
Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory / Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N522.6863/1
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English
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vi, 295 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. The Dream of a Large-X-ray Observatory -- 1. High-Energy Vision -- 2. Invisible Light -- 3. Light Quanta -- 4. The Birth of X-ray Astronomy -- 5. X-ray Stars -- 6. The Uhuru Years -- 7. The Einstein Observatory -- II. A New Concept and a New Start -- 8. Ready for the Job -- 9. Blazing the Trail -...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2001.
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"When the first X-ray detectors revealed many places in the universe that are too hot to be seen by optical and radio telescopes, pioneering X-ray astronomers realized they were onto something big. They knew that a large X-ray observatory must be created if they were ever to understand such astonishing phenomena as neutron stars, supernovas, black...
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Revealing the universe : the making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory / Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270) and index.
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0674004973 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674004979 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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522.6863
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