Abstract: A brief outline of the history of radio astronomy beginning with the discovery of radio waves by Heinrich Hertz through Karl Jansky’s detection of radio waves from the Milky Way to the late twentieth century, and Grote Reber’s pioneering efforts in his backyard in Wheaton, Illinois. The story is discussed in the context of several phases that this science has passed through.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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