Voice of the Universe
Voice of the Universe

Author: Bernard Lovell

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1987-06-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0275926796

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In this volume the creator and director of Jodrell Bank, the world's largest radio telescope, tells the fascinating story behind the building of this huge telescope. Though the telescope is popularly known for tracking and communicating with man-made satellites, its prime function is the study of the universe by means of radio waves emitted by distatant stars. The radiation received from meteors, the moon, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Milky Way offers new information daily about the origins of life on this planet and the possibilities of life on other worlds. The building of the telescope was fraught with mishaps and frustrations-financial, political, and otherwise; yet, through his perseverance, Sir Bernard Lovell made its creation a reality. His story, drawn largely from personal diaries, documents the complex conflicts among scientists, bureaucrats, and politicians which arose out of this monumental endeavor.

Science and Spectacle
Science and Spectacle

Author: John Agar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1317743024

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Science and Spectacle relates the construction of the telescope to the politics and culture of post-war Britain. From radar and atomic weapons, to the Festival of Britain and, later, Harold Wilson's rhetoric of scientific revolution, science formed a cultural resource from which post-war careers and a national identity could be built. The Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope was once a symbol of British science and a much needed prestigious project for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, but it also raised questions regarding the proper role of universities as sites for scientific research.

Open Skies
Open Skies

Author: Kenneth I. Kellermann

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-01

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 3030323455

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This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy with particular attention to the people and institutions involved. The authors have made extensive use of the NRAO Archives, which contain an unparalleled collection of documents pertaining to the history of radio astronomy, including the institutional records of NRAO as well as the personal papers of many of the pioneers of U.S. radio astronomy. Technical details and extensive citations to original sources are given in notes for the more technical readers, but are not required for an understanding of the body of the book. This book is intended for an audience ranging from interested lay readers to professional researchers studying the scientific, technical, political, and cultural development of a new science, and how it changed the course of 20th century astronomy.

An Introduction to Radio Astronomy
An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

Author: Bernard F. Burke

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1107189411

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A thorough introduction to radio astronomy and techniques for students and researchers approaching radio astronomy for the first time.

The Jodrell Bank Telescopes
The Jodrell Bank Telescopes

Author: Bernard Lovell

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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This book will be of adsorbing interest to all who are interested in twentieth-century science and in the complexities and hazards of decision-making where large-scale projects are concerned. This book is not only about telescopes but also about the instruments that, but for the impact of financial or political issues might now have existed in their place.

Very Long Baseline Interferometry
Very Long Baseline Interferometry

Author: Marcello Felli

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9400924283

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The quest for high resolution has preoccupied radio astronomers ever since radio waves were first detected from space fifty years ago. This venture was par ticularly stimulated by the discovery of quasars, and led to the development of interferometer techniques using baselines of transglobal dimensions. These meth ods have become known as Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Arrays of radio telescopes situated all over the Earth (or even in space) are regularly used for researches in radio astronomy, reaching resolutions as small as a fraction of a milli arcsecond. The technique also allows the measurement of the positions of the radio telescopes to a few millimeters and so VLBI has become a major tool in geodesy and the study of the rotation of the Earth. VLBI has now passed the pioneer stage and is becoming a standard facility available to astronomers and geodesists, requiring the coordination of the operations of indpendently owned radio telescopes around the world. In Europe observatories from England, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden and The Netherlands are coordinated in their VLBI activity by the European VLBI Network Consortium (EVN). The Programme Committee of the EVN allocates time to scientific projects on a routine basis three times a year. The Unites States has a similar arrangement of a network of independent radio observatories, and joint experiments using 'Global Network' are often made.

The Early Years of Radio Astronomy
The Early Years of Radio Astronomy

Author: W. T. Sullivan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780521616027

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Recollection by pioneers in radio astronomy, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of extraterrestrial radio emission in 1933.

Space Has No Frontier
Space Has No Frontier

Author: John Bromley-Davenport

Publisher: Bene Factum Publishing

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1909657042

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An exploration of Lovell's life and achievements in the scientific and political context of the time The extraordinary life of Bernard Lovell began before World War I and his story encompasses many of the great events of the last 100 years: World War II, the invention of radio astronomy, the space race, the Moon landings, the exploration of the solar system, the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the defense of Britain against nuclear attack. It can now be revealed that he was also a spy. The great radio telescope which Lovell built became and remains one of the most important scientific instruments in the world. The Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Lovell Telescope have held their place at the frontier of research for 55 years. His legacy remains great, as can be seen from the extensive media coverage and personal tributes that his death in 2012 attracted all over the world. With the 70th anniversaries of many wartime events in which he played a crucial role, as well as the recent declassification of information relating to his activities as an agent in the Cold War, this biography is sure to have a broad and timely interest.