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020 _a9781107358409 (ebook)
020 _z9781107044067 (hardback)
020 _z9781107620254 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aQB32
_b.H27 2013
082 0 0 _a523.1
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100 1 _aHarwit, Martin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIn Search of the True Universe :
_bThe Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thought / [electronic resource]
_cMartin Harwit.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (408 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aAstrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access - at virtually no cost - to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107044067
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107358409
_zCambridge Books Online
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