EAN: 9783319655987

ASTRONOMERS UNIVERSE FOUR PILLARS OF RADIO AS...

This is the story of Bernie Mills  Chris Christiansen  Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell  members of
a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia  and the world  into this new field of
research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work: Mills for the development the
cross type instrument that now bears his name  Christiansen for the application of rotational
synthesis techniques  Wild for the masterful joining of observations and theory to elicit the
nature of the solar atmosphere  Bracewell for his contribution to imaging theory. As well 
these Four Pillars are remembered for creating a remarkable environment for scientific
discovery and for influencing the careers of future generations. Their pursuit of basic science
helped pave the way for technological developments in areas ranging from Wi-Fi to sonar to
medical imaging to air navigation  and for underpinning the foundations of modern cosmology and
astrophysics.

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