The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe - Rilegato

Katz, Jonathan I.

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ISBN 10: 0195145704 ISBN 13: 9780195145700

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2002

Riassunto

For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unraveled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies and the observation of surprisingly bright flashes of light from the bursts themselves. The Biggest Bangs is for laymen with an interest in science, physicists and astronomers interested in subjects in those fields not their specialty, students in non-technical astonomy courses, and as supplemental reading for courses in the history of science.

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a lively and entertaining book that I can recommend to anyone wishing to know more about gamma-ray bursters (Chris Kitchin, Astronomy Now)

The author gives a lively account of science in action...excellent supplementary reading material for a university student taking a course in physics or astronomy, or as background material for their lectureres who may not be familiar with this subject (Michael Dworetsky, THES)

L'autore

Jonathan I. Katz received a PhD from Cornell University at the age of 22. He is an astrophysicist and applied physicist who has worked on problems as diverse as X ray stars, earthquakes, the fracture of glass, and gamma-ray bursts.

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195145704
• ISBN 13: 9780195145700
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 240