The Invisible Universe Revealed - The Story of Radio Astronomy

Springer-Verlag - Springer Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1987 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, editor's blue binding, illustrated by a photography of radars grand In-8 1 vol. - 275 pages

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many black and white text-figures and photographies Completely rewritten Second edition Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, xiii, Text, 262 pages - 1. Introduction : The Adventure of Radio Astronomy - 2. Extragalactic Radio sources : Quasars - Radio galaxies - Cosmic jets, Black Holes and cannibalism - Radio galaxies and Quasars, an overall view - 3. The Milky Way : The Galactic center - The Milky Way Radio Beacon - The Galactic Radio Nebulae - Interstellar hydrogen - Interstellar molecules - 4. Stellar-types radio sources : Pulsars - The radio Sun and planets - The Galactic superstars - 5. The Universe and life : Beyond the Quasars, Radio cosmology - In the search for Extraterrestrial intelligence - 6. Radio astronomy review, Past, present and future : Musings on the evolution of a science - Radio telescopes, the present - The future - Appendix - Further reading and Index fine copy, no markings