The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy 2nd Edition by Gerrit Verschuur (PDF)

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This is the story of radio astronomy, of how radio waves are generated by stars, supernova, quasars, colliding galaxies, and by the very beginnings of the universe itself. This revised book provides an update on the state of radio astronomy and those sections no longer regarded as cutting edge have been removed. With this book, aimed at a lay audience, you learn what astronomers are doing with those huge dishes. With each of these observatories, the scientists collect and analyze their data, “listening” to the radio signals from space, in order to learn what is out there, and perhaps even if someone else may be listening as well.

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⭐A great read about the origins of radio telescopes and their science. These open crucial windows to understanding cosmology. See journalofcosmology.com.

⭐This is a fascinating book for the layman. The book present the precious history of what we know about the universe through the study of the radio signals. The author cover all the aspects of this field of astronomy, from the antennas used in the capture of those faint signals (thanks to interferometry) to the explanation of every single known source of radio waves in the vast universe, which include interstellar gas, pulsars, galaxies, black holes and quasars. Also the author cover some of the new radio telescope in construction such as the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) project in the north of Chile, which by the way already have some engineers in a one-year training in the Unites States (I know two of them). This book makes you think about life in the universe, the vast of it even for light itself and the intriguing, slow and deadly way of its behavior. Last thing I want to write is that this is the first time I read a comment about some interesting phenomenon in theoretical research and is that if you know too much, you simply reduce your chances to contribute with a new discovery or innovation — that is so true.

⭐I used this book as an additional source for a graduate level class. We didn’t like standard text and this book was a much better read. However, it was very light with almost no math involved. If I was reviewing this text as a general reader I probably would give it one more star.The author has a lot of negative things to say about SETI. In that section of the book the number of typos suddenly jumps up. It’s almost like you can see him getting red in the face and pounding the keyboard when he was writing this section. Later, he completely ignores the new Allen Telescope Array – an instrument for both SETI and radio astronomy uses – but spends a few pages on ALMA – an array that will be fantastic when ready but it will be a few more years.The best parts of the book are the anecdotes even though some seem irrelevant to the book’s intent. For the graduate student, better books are available (possibly Rohlfs and Wilson). For the casual reader, this book won’t help much more than a standard introduction to astronomy text (eg.,Paschoff and Filippenko; Chaisson and McMillan; Fraknoi, Morrison and Wolff).

⭐Gerrit L. Verschuur shares some of the knowledge he has gained as an impeccable radio astronomer. It’s a powerful read for the science minded, especially since he uncovers some of his most recent intriguing findings which may soon turn the scientific community upside down!

⭐This is a fascinating book for the layman. The book present the precious history of what we know about the universe through the study of the radio signals. The author cover all the aspects of this field of astronomy, from the antennas used in the capture of those faint signals (thanks to interferometry) to the explanation of every single known source of radio waves in the vast universe, which include interstellar gas, pulsars, galaxies, black holes and quasars. Also the author cover some of the new radio telescope in construction such as the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) project in the north of Chile, which by the way already have some engineers in a one-year training in the Unites States (I know two of them). This book makes you think about life in the universe, the vast of it even for light itself and the intriguing, slow and deadly way of its behavior. Last thing I want to write is that this is the first time I read a comment about some interesting phenomenon in theoretical research and is that if you know too much, you simply reduce your chances to contribute with a new discovery or innovation — that is so true.

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