Four pillars of radio astronomy : Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell / R.H. Frater, W.M. Goss, H.W. Wendt

Goss, William Miller [VerfasserIn] ; Wendt, H. W. [VerfasserIn]

Englisch

Cham : Springer, [2017]

xvii, 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-3-319-65598-7

3-319-65598-1

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-3-319-65599-4 (Fernzugriff)

*Australien / Radioastronomie / Geschichte 1913-2011

*Mills, Bernie ; Christiansen, W. N -- (Wilbur Norman) -- 1913-2007 ; Wild, Paul ; Bracewell, Ronald N -- (Ronald Newbold) -- 1921-2007 ; Radio astronomy -- Bibliography ; Astronomers

*Bracewell, Ronald N ; 39.13 radio astronomy ; Astronomers ; Radio astronomy ; Bibliographies ; Bibliographies

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QB475

Introduction -- Beginnings : some basics and some history -- Bernie Mills : cross-type telescopes and discrete radio sources -- Chris Christiansen : telescope design and earth-rotational synthesis -- Paul Wild : radio astronomy and the sun -- Ron Bracewell : mathematics and imaging -- Influences of the Four Pillars beyond radio astronomy -- Conclusions.

This is the story of Bernie Mills, Chris Christiansen, Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell, members of a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia, and the world, into this new field of research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work: Mills for the development the cross type instrument that now bears his name; Christiansen for the application of rotational synthesis techniques; Wild for the masterful joining of observations and theory to elicit the nature of the solar atmosphere; Bracewell for his contribution to imaging theory. As well, these Four Pillars are remembered for creating a remarkable environment for scientific discovery and for influencing the careers of future generations. Their pursuit of basic science helped pave the way for technological developments in areas ranging from Wi-Fi to sonar to medical imaging to air navigation, and for underpinning the foundations of modern cosmology and astrophysics.--Publisher's description

Potsdamer Straße

BIBTEX - ENDNOTE - RIS