The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth: A Meeting to Honor Woody Sullivan on his 60th Birthday
Author:   Wayne Orchiston
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   334
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9789048169429


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   22 October 2010
Format:   Paperback
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The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth: A Meeting to Honor Woody Sullivan on his 60th Birthday


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This unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The 'Woodfest' conference attracted some of the world's leading astrobiologists and historians of astronomy, so it is no surprise this book provides a collection of key papers and reviews on the history of astronomy, astrobiology and sundials. The emphasis on radio astronomy in the historical papers is a fitting reminder that Woody is widely acknowledged as the world's leading authority in this field. But there are also papers on astrobiology, which reflect his intimate involvement in this exciting multidisciplinary field. The papers on sundials reveal another passion and his quest to make Seattle the sundial capital of North America! This book will appeal to professional and amateur astronomers, and is a tribute to one of the world's most remarkable astronomers.

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Author:   Wayne Orchiston
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   334
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.563kg
ISBN:  

9789048169429


ISBN 10:   9048169429
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   22 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Points of View: Shadows, Photons, Planets, and Life.- The Biological Universe Revisited.- Contingency and the Cosmic Perspective.- Grote Reber (1911–2002).- Dr Elizabeth Alexander: First Female Radio Astronomer.- Radio Astronomy in Holland Before 1960.- Jodrell Bank and the Meteor Velocity Controversy.- The Radiophysics Field Stations and the Early Development of Radio Astronomy.- Dark Matter and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory.- The Discovery of Sgr A*.- Radio Astronomy, Whatever that May be.- Telescopes Lofted to Space.- The History of Space Astronomy.- SAO During the Whipple Years.- The Transits of Venus and New Technologies.- And the Remaining 22 Photons.- Gn?monik? Techn?.- Light Work.

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