Secrets of the hoary deep : a personal history of modern astronomy / Riccardo Giacconi.
Pubblicazione:
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins university press, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
xiii, 411 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. My Italian roots 2. New world: the fulbright fellowship 3. Introducing X-Ray astronomy 4. The first celestial X-Ray source: discovering Sco X-1 5. Plans and progress in X-Ray astronomy 6. The first orbiting X-Ray observatory: Uhuru 7. Breakthrough: the Uhuru results 8. Constructing X-Ray telescopes: overcoming technical and institutional hurdles 9. Plans for space and realities on the ground: LOXT, Einstein and NASA 10: The Einstein results: observation collides with theory 11. Transitions: from American science and engineering to Harvard 12. The Hubble space telescope and the Space telescope science institute 13. Paradigm shifts: the Space telescope science institute at work 14. The Space telescope science institute: launch readiness and its finest hour 15. Science at the Space telescope science institute 16. The European southern observatory 17. Building the very large telescope 18. The role of ESO in major European astronomy programs 19. Radio astronomy on the radar 20. First loves and last words. Acronyms and abbreviations. Notes. Name index. Subject index. Color plates follow page
