The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy - Couverture rigide

Trangoš, Guy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1032357460 ISBN 13 : 9781032357461

Editeur : Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy examines the multidisciplinary overlap between the spatial disciplines and the studies of science and technology through a comparative study of four of the world's most important radio telescopes. Employing detailed analysis, historical research, interviews, personal observations, and various conceptual manoeuvres, Guy Trangos reveals the depth of spatial process active at these scientific sites and the territories they traverse.

Through the conceptual frameworks of territory, hyper-concentration, and contingency, Trangos interprets the telescope as exploded across space and time, present in multiple connected sites simultaneously, and active in the production of space. He develops a historiographic and contemporary analysis of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA, Chile); the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST, China); the Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico); and the MeerKAT/SKA (South Africa). These case studies are global exemplars of the different spatial transformations that occur through science. Their relationships to surrounding communities and landscapes reveal deeper constitutional processes embodied in each institutional and spatial form.

This book spans the modern history of architecture and science, the studies of science, technology and society, and urban theory. It is of specific interest to architects and designers expanding their analysis of spatial production, scholars in the study of geography, landscape, science, technology, and astronomy, and people fascinated with how these radio telescopes were conceptualised, built, and operate today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Guy Trangos is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research examines the evolving relationships between urbanisation, society, science, technology, and outer space.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1032357460
• ISBN 13: 9781032357461
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
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• Personne responsable: non disponible