(DOWNLOAD) "Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell" by R.H. Frater, W.M. Goss & H.W. Wendt * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell
- Author : R.H. Frater, W.M. Goss & H.W. Wendt
- Release Date : January 28, 2017
- Genre: Astronomy,Books,Science & Nature,History,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 9754 KB
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This is the story of Bernie Mills, Chris Christiansen, Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell, members of a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia, and the world, into this new field of research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work: Mills for the development the cross type instrument that now bears his name; Christiansen for the application of rotational synthesis techniques; Wild for the masterful joining of observations and theory to elicit the nature of the solar atmosphere; Bracewell for his contribution to imaging theory. As well, these Four Pillars are remembered for creating a remarkable environment for scientific discovery and for influencing the careers of future generations. Their pursuit of basic science helped pave the way for technological developments in areas ranging from Wi-Fi to sonar to medical imaging to air navigation, and for underpinning the foundations of modern cosmology and astrophysics.