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Laddar... In Search of the True Universe: The Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thoughtav Martin Harwit
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Partly a history of 1900s research on astrophysics and cosmology, and partly an analysis of societal influences on this work, such as the big-and-strategic-science vision of Vannevar Bush and the role of [ugh] the military-industrial complex. Pays much attention to questions such as "Do our modern views about the Universe reflect inherent properties about the Cosmos, as is generally believed, or is our depiction of the Universe a social construct?" (p 318) More technically informative, more scholarly, and less quickly readable than a popularization would be. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Astrophysicist 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. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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