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Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 87 held in Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 1969
Author : L. Gratton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401033110
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 87 held in Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 1969
Author : Union Astronomique Internationale. Symposium
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Astronomy
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Author : International Astronomical Union. Symposium
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Page : 425 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Astronomy
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Author : S.R. Kane
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401018022
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 68 held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11-14 June 1974, organized by the IAU in co-operation with COSPAR
Author : Union Astronomique Internationale. Symposium
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Astronomy
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : Richard F. Hirsh
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 1983-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521251211
This book deals with the evolution of X-ray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. Three transformations of astronomy as a discipline are highlighted: the augmentation of purely optical observations; the emergence of federal funding as the dominant source of financial support; and the greatly altered size and structure of the research community.
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Page : pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : R. Cowsik
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 36,21 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
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Author : R. Giacconi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401021058
It was about fourteen years ago that some of us became intrigued with the idea of searching the sky for X-ray and gamma-ray sources other than the Sun, the only celestial emitter of high-energy photons known at that time. It was, of course, clear that an effort in this direction would not have been successful unless there occurred, somewhere in space, processes capable of producing high-energy photons much more efficiently than the processes responsible for the radiative emission of the Sun or of ordinary stars. The possible existence of such processes became the subject of much study and discussion. As an important part of this activity, I wish to recall a one-day conference on X-ray astronomy held at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1960. The theoretical predictions did not provide much encouragement. While several 'unusual' celestial objects were pin-pointed as possible, or even likely, sources of X-rays, it did not look as if any of them would be strong enough to be observable with instru mentation not too far beyond the state of the art. Fortunately, we did not allow our selves to be dissuaded. As far as I am personally concerned, I must admit that my main motivation for pressing forward was a deep-seated faith in the boundless re sourcefulness of nature, which so often leaves the most daring imagination of man far behind.