Listen Up!: Laboratory Exercises for Introductory Radio Astronomy with a Small Radio Telescope - Couverture souple

Pulliam, Kiley; Whitlock, Laura A.

 
9781440107849: Listen Up!: Laboratory Exercises for Introductory Radio Astronomy with a Small Radio Telescope
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 144010784X ISBN 13 : 9781440107849
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

This book contains the background information and laboratory exercises to accompany an undergraduate level course in radio astronomy. The observations are made using a Small Radio Telescope (SRT). The SRT was developed at MIT Haystack Observatory and is now sold as an inexpensive kit which provides everything necessary to introduce users to the amazing world of radio astronomy.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Laura A. Whitlock is Assistant Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. After many years as a high-energy astrophysicist on various NASA projects, she turned her talents to education. She now teaches a variety of courses in physics and astronomy. After attending the NSF Chautauqua Course "Radio Astronomy in the Undergraduate Classroom" at MIT Haystack Observatory in 2004, she became inspired to learn more about the subject and develop a lecture-lab course in it for the students at LSUS. Kiley Pulliam is a first-year graduate student in Physics at Tulane University in New Orleans. She graduated with a BS in Physics and minors in Mathematics and Philosophy from Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. She became involved in this project while taking a Radio Astronomy course taught by Dr. Whitlock.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book contains the background information and laboratory exercises to accompany an undergraduate level course in radio astronomy. The observations are made using a Small Radio Telescope (SRT). The SRT was developed at MIT Haystack Observatory and is now sold as an inexpensive kit which provides everything necessary to introduce users to the amazing world of radio astronomy.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
144010784X
ISBN 13 
9781440107849
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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