Verschuur G. The Invisible Universe. The Story of Radio Astronomy

Memphis: Springer. - 2007. - 156 p. At the start of the 21st century our ability to produce stunning images of radio galaxies, for example, is a matter of routine and color is readily added for effect. In this edition we have included several of the most informative colorized radiographs made to date. Another enormous change seen over the last 20 years is the sheer volume of information that has been accumulated by a generation of very large radio telescopes working over an increased wavelength range. Therefore it is no longer possible to provide a comprehensive overview such as the one that made up the 1973 edition. It is with this caution in mind that we enter the Invisible Universe of radio astronomy to describe its contents in broad terms, cognizant that to go into more detail would make this book unacceptably long (and expensive!). Also, in producing this new edition 1 have kept in mind the interests and potential needs of the intelligent lay person who might have visited a radio observatory and who then seeks to assuage their curiosity by reading more about this science.The Exploration of the Radio Astronomical Unknown
Seeking New Knowledge
Radio Astronomy and Imagination
A Science is Born
The Radio Sun and Planets
The Galactic Radio Nebulae
Radio Waves from (he Milky Way
Interstellar Hydrogen
Interstellar Molecules
Pulsars
The Galactic Superstars
Radio Galaxies
Quasars.
The Grand Unification: Active Galactic Nuclei
Beyond the Quasarji—Radio Cosmolugy
On the Radiu A.stronoinkal Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
What's It All About?
Appendix