Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy by Riccardo Giacconi (PDF)

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A Noble Prize–winning Italian astrophysicist shares his scientific autobiography and the history of the development of contemporary astronomy.The discovery of x-rays continues to have a profound effect on the field of astronomy. It has opened the cosmos to exploration in ways previously unimaginable, and fundamentally altered the methods for pursuing information about outer space. Nobel Prize–winner Riccardo Giacconi’s highly personal account of the birth and evolution of x-ray astronomy reveals the science, people, and institutional settings behind this important and influential discipline.Part history, part memoir, and part cutting-edge science, Secrets of the Hoary Deep is the tale of x-ray astronomy from its infancy through what can only be called its early adulthood. It also details how the tools, techniques, and practices designed to support and develop x-ray astronomy were transferred to optical, infrared, and radio astronomy, drastically altering the face of modern space exploration. Giacconi relates the basic techniques developed at American Science and Engineering and explains how, where, and by whom the science was advanced.From the first Earth-orbiting x-ray satellite, Uhuru, to the opening of the Space Telescope Science Institute and the lift-off of the Hubble Space Telescope to the construction of the Very Large Telescope, Giaconni recounts the ways in which the management methods and scientific methodology behind successful astronomy projects came to set the standards of operations for all subsequent space- and Earth-based observatories. Along the way he spares no criticism and holds back no praise, detailing individual as well as institutional failures and successes, reflecting upon how far astronomy has come and how far it has yet to go.

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⭐I am an astrophysicist and I know the author and he is a great scientist and a great administrator/leader. But I was pleasantly surprised at how well written this book is, and how exciting the story of his work is. It is a very good read though technical in places. Any working physical scientist will enjoy this book.The opening up of X-ray astronomy is described, at least from the vantage point of this author and his leading group. Equally exciting are his perspective on space astronomy, early missions, the development of Hubble and its rescue from the aberrations and faults at launch, and the story of ESO and the Very Large Telescope project. A must read.

⭐This is much more about people and politics than about astrophysics or cosmology. Absolutely delightful and perceptive. Loved it!

⭐Libro arrivato in perfette condizioni.

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