The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands The People and the Politics /

• Main Author: Elbers, Astrid (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.

Radio astronomy was born during the Second World War, but as this book explains, the history of early Dutch radio astronomy is in several respects rather anomalous in comparison to the development of radio astronomy in other countries. The author describes how these very differences led the Netherla...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands
• Chapter 3: The Making of the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope. -Chapter 4: Joining Forces with the Belgiums
• Chapter 5: The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
• Conclusion
• Index.