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Author Munns, David P. D., 1972- author.

Title A single sky : how an international community forged the science of radio astronomy / David P.D. Munns
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Contents Decisions -- Noise -- Disciples -- Visions -- Size
Summary How radio astronomers challenged national borders, disciplinary boundaries, and the constraints of vision to create an international scientific community
Analysis SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/Astronomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Radio astronomy -- International cooperation -- History
NATURE -- Sky Observation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012013561
ISBN 9780262305198
0262305194
0262304279
9780262304276