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03337aam a2200385 i 4500 001 A77D80E6F31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240405010125 008 221110t20232023enkacd b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022049614 020 $a 131651935X 020 $a 9781316519356 035 $a (OCoLC)1347785952 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d CDX $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d ZLM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QB475.A25 $b K45 2023 082 00 $a 522/.682 $2 23/eng20230117 100 1 $a Kellermann, Kenneth I., $d 1937- $e author. 245 10 $a Star noise : $b discovering the radio universe / $c Kenneth I. Kellermann, Ellen N. Bouton, National Radio Astronomy Observatory. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xvii, 396 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), portraits, charts ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-387) and index. 505 0 $a A new window on the universe -- Radio emission from the sun and stars -- Radio galaxies -- Quasars and AGN -- Radio astronomy, cosmology, and cosmic evolution -- The cosmic microwave background -- Interplanetary scintillations, pulsars, neutron stars, and fast radio bursts -- Interstellar atoms, molecules, and cosmic masers -- Radio studies of the moon and planets -- Testing gravity -- If you build it, they will come -- Expecting the unexpected. 520 $a "This book tells the story of how remarkable serendipitous discoveries by radio astronomers changed our understanding of the Universe. It gives various examples of the unexpected ways in which real-life scientific research often advances, for general readers interested in astronomy and those interested in the history of modern scientific research"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave background, electrical storms on Jupiter, the first extrasolar planets, and many other unexpected and unanticipated phenomena. Theory generally played little or no role – or even pointed in the wrong direction. Some discoveries came as a result of military or industrial activities, some from academic research intended for other purposes, some from simply looking with a new technique. Often it was the right person, in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing – or sometimes the wrong thing. Star Noise tells the story of these discoveries, the men and women who made them, the circumstances which enabled them, and the surprising ways in which real-life scientific research works." -- Publisher's description 650 0 $a Radio astronomy $x History. 650 6 $a Radioastronomie $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Radio astronomy $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 700 1 $a Bouton, E., $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kellermann, Kenneth I., 1937- $t Star noise : $d Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023 $z 9781009023443 $w (DLC) 2022049615 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024626.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A77D80E6F31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search