Secrets Of The Hoary Deep: A Personal History Of Modern Astronomy

Secrets Of The Hoary Deep: A Personal History Of Modern Astronomy

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The Discovery Of Xrays Continues To Have A Profound And Accelerating Effect On The Field Of Astronomy. It Has Opened The Cosmos To Exploration In Ways Previously Unimaginable And Fundamentally Altered The Methods For Pursuing Information About Our Solar System And Beyond. Nobel Prize Winner Riccardo Giacconis Highly Personal Account Of The Birth And Evolution Of Xray Astronomy Reveals The Science, People, And Institutional Settings Behind This Incalculably Important And Deeply Influential Discipline.Part History, Part Memoir, And Part Cuttingedge Science, Secrets Of The Hoary Deep Is The Tale Of Xray Astronomy From Its Infancy Through What Can Only Be Called Its Early Adulthood. It Also Offers The Companion Story Of How The Tools, Techniques, And Practices Designed To Support And Develop Xray Astronomy Were Transferred To Optical, Infrared, And Radio Astronomy, Drastically Altering The Face Of Modern Space Exploration. Giacconi Relates The Basic Techniques Developed At American Science And Engineering And Explains How, Where, And By Whom The Science Was Advanced.From The First Earthorbiting Xray Satellite, Uhuru, To The Opening Of The Space Telescope Science Institute And The Liftoff Of The Hubble Space Telescope To The Construction Of The Very Large Telescope, Giaconni Recounts The Ways In Which The Management Methods And Scientific Methodology Behind Successful Astronomy Projects Came To Set The Standards Of Operations For All Subsequent Space And Earthbased Observatories. Along The Way He Spares No Criticism And Holds Back No Praise, Detailing Individual As Well As Institutional Failures And Successes, Reflecting Upon How Far Astronomy Has Come And How Far It Has Yet To Go.Crisp, Informative, And Prognostic, Giacconis Story Will Captivate, Inspire, And, At Times, Possibly Infuriate Professional And Amateur Astronomers Across The Breadth Of The Field And At All Stages Of Their Personal And Professional Development.

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