The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy

Guy Trangoš (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-35747-8 (ISBN)

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The spaces of science are understudied by the spatial disciplines and studies of science and technology. This book examines this multidisciplinary overlap through a comparative study of four of the world’s most important radio telescopes.

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 Trangoš 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, Trangoš 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.

Guy Trangoš 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.

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Foreword. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Fortress Science. Chapter 3: Making Science. Chapter 4: Territories of Emptiness. Chapter 5: Hyper Concentration. Chapter 6: Negotiating Contingencies. Epilogue: To the Moon. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Architecture
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 49 Halftones, black and white; 49 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	1-032-35747-9 / 1032357479
ISBN-13	978-1-032-35747-8 / 9781032357478
Zustand	Neuware