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Free Download The Arecibo Observatory: A History of Innovation and Discovery
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031752244 | 650 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 93 MB
The story details the planning, funding and construction of the telescope; the people who masterminded and contributed to the project; and the involvement of the US Department of Defense in funding the construction. It also includes the seminal scientific achievements in the three research areas to which the telescope contributed, ionospheric physics, planetary science and radio astronomy.The book continues through later upgrades made to the site, showing how the Arecibo telescope has arguably remained the world’s most versatile and productive radio science instrument for over 50 years. This historical account will fascinate astronomers and historians of science, serving as a valuable contribution to the history of 20th century astronomy.

Free Download The Westerbork Observatory, Continuing Adventure in Radio Astronomy By Ernst Raimond, René Genee (auth.), Ernst Raimond, René Genee (eds.)
1996 | 266 Pages | ISBN: 9401072760 | PDF | 14 MB
A small country builds a world-class telescope in its backyard and lives happily ever after (or at least for a quarter century). That in a nutshell is the story told in this collection of essays. The country of course is the Netherlands, and the telescope is the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Tele scope (WSRT), brainchild of Jan Oort. Living happily in this context is a continuing record of discovery and as such also a continuing basis for se curing observing time on facilities in other countries and operating at other frequencies. As our community celebrates the Silver Anniversary of the radio tele scope at Westerbork, it is fitting that we pause to take account of the scientific discoveries and insights it made possible. Initially the instrument represented the very significant step away from university-run, specialist facilities to a well-supported, common-user radio imager also having spec tral and polarization capabilities. It pioneered the mode of operation now common for satellite observatories, in which data is taken and calibrated by technicians and provided to researchers ready for analysis. It has been a major source of discovery in, among other areas, research on neutral hy drogen and studies of dark matter in galaxies.

Free Download The Jewel on the Mountaintop: The European Southern Observatory through Fifty Years by Claus Madsen
English | PDF | 2012 | 564 Pages | ISBN : 3527412034 | 104.11 MB
Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people behind the organisation. This is the ultimate historical account about ESO and its telescopes in the southern hemisphere, but also about a truly remarkable European success story in research. Spanning the range from the first telescopes to the future platforms of the next generation, it shows how the improvement of the telescopes leads to a continuously changing view of the Universe. With 150 photos and illustrations. Produced especially for ESO’s 50th anniversary.

Free Download Cincinnati Observatory: Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America by Stella Cottam , John E. Ventre
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 270 Pages | ISBN : 3031460332 | 105.9 MB
Previously dependent on Europe for scientific knowledge, the United States came into its own during the nineteenth century. A prime example of this is evident in the establishment of the Cincinnati Observatory, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Funded by the citizenry of that city, it was initiated, with ceremony, by the oration by former President John Quincy Adams, at the laying of the cornerstone in 1843.

Free Download The Jewel on the Mountaintop: The European Southern Observatory through Fifty Years by Claus Madsen
English | PDF | 2012 | 564 Pages | ISBN : 3527412034 | 104.11 MB
Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people behind the organisation. This is the ultimate historical account about ESO and its telescopes in the southern hemisphere, but also about a truly remarkable European success story in research. Spanning the range from the first telescopes to the future platforms of the next generation, it shows how the improvement of the telescopes leads to a continuously changing view of the Universe. With 150 photos and illustrations. Produced especially for ESO’s 50th anniversary.

Free Download Chinese Annals in the Western Observatory: An Outline of Western Studies of Chinese Unearthed Documents
by Edward L. Shaughnessy
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1501516930 | 506 Pages | PDF/ePUB (True) | 31 MB

Free Download The Jewel on the Mountaintop: The European Southern Observatory through Fifty Years by Claus Madsen
English | PDF | 2012 | 564 Pages | ISBN : 3527412034 | 104.11 MB
Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people behind the organisation. This is the ultimate historical account about ESO and its telescopes in the southern hemisphere, but also about a truly remarkable European success story in research. Spanning the range from the first telescopes to the future platforms of the next generation, it shows how the improvement of the telescopes leads to a continuously changing view of the Universe. With 150 photos and illustrations. Produced especially for ESO’s 50th anniversary.