BIGGEST BANGS by Katz, Jonathan ISBN 0195145704
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For over 25 years, 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. Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most energetic supernovae, the explosions which destroy massive stars and make neutron stars or black holes. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest things in the universe, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. Gamma ray bursts had been completely unexpected when they were first discovered in 1967 by the Vela satellites, launched to monitor the Nuclear Ban Treaty. This book will explain some of the most exotic and exciting recent discoveries in astronomy, one of our best windows to the most distant and earliest visible moments in the universe. Katz is a leading worker in gamma-ray astronomy, and a very good, clear writer.
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[edit] Title
BIGGEST BANGS
[edit] Author
Katz, Jonathan
[edit] ISBN
0195145704
[edit] Published
25/07/2002
[edit] Publisher
Oxford University Press
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
20 (GBP)
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