Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy : Early Discoveries, from the Sun to the Cosmos / / by W. M. Goss, Claire Hooker, Ronald D. Ekers.
This open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia. The book explains how an isolated continent with limited resources grew to be one of the le...
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Superior document: | Historical & Cultural Astronomy, |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (815 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Childhood
- Becoming a Scientist
- WWII 1939-1945
- Hot Corona
- Quiet Leadership
- Towards a Bigger Science
- The Development of Understanding
- Death and Legacy
- Appendix.