The Invisible Universe The Story of Radio Astronomy /

• Main Author: Verschuur, Gerrit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2015.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physics.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, the invisible universe beyond our senses continues to fascinate and intrigue our imaginations. Closer to home, in the Milky Way galaxy, radio astronomers listen patiently to the ticking of pulsars that...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• What is Radio Astronomy?
• A Science is Born
• The Radio Sun and Planets
• The Galactic Radio Nebulae
• Radio Waves from the Milky Way
• Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen
• Interstellar Molecules
• Pulsars
• The Galactic Superstars
• Radio Galaxies
• Quasars
• The Grand Unification: Active Galactic Nuclei
• Beyond the Quasars Radio Cosmology
• Radio Telescopes in High Places
• Radio Telescopes: The Future
• China Rising
• On the Radio Astronomical Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• On Growth and Obsolescence
• What Lies Ahead?- Appendix
• Further Reading
• Index.