The Biggest Bangs
The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe
Seiten
2002
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514570-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514570-0 (ISBN)
For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unravelled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies.
For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unraveled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies and the observation of surprisingly bright flashes of light from the bursts themselves. The Biggest Bangs is for laymen with an interest in science, physicists and astronomers interested in subjects in those fields not their specialty, students in non-technical astonomy courses, and as supplemental reading for courses in the history of science.
For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unraveled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies and the observation of surprisingly bright flashes of light from the bursts themselves. The Biggest Bangs is for laymen with an interest in science, physicists and astronomers interested in subjects in those fields not their specialty, students in non-technical astonomy courses, and as supplemental reading for courses in the history of science.
Jonathan I. Katz received a PhD from Cornell University at the age of 22. He is an astrophysicist and applied physicist who has worked on problems as diverse as X ray stars, earthquakes, the fracture of glass, and gamma-ray bursts.
PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; Vela ; Detectors ; Where are they? ; What are they? ; Compactness ; The Large Magellanic Cloud ; False Light ; False Lines ; The Copernican Dilemma ; Soft Gamma Repeaters ; BATSE ; The Great Debate ; The Theorists' Turn ; Afterglows ; The Supernova Connection? ; The Holy Grail ; The End of the Beginning ; AFTERWORD ; APPENDIX: DID A GAMMA-RAY BURST KILL THE DINOSAURS ; GLOSSARY ; SOURCES ; INDEX
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.7.2002 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous figures |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 166 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-514570-4 / 0195145704 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-514570-0 / 9780195145700 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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