Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe

by Ellen N. Bouton and Kenneth I Kellermann

Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave background, electrical storms on Jupiter, the first extrasolar planets, and many other unexpected and unanticipated phenomena. Theory generally played little or no role - or even pointed in the wrong direction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 131651935X
• ISBN13: 9781316519356
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"