It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy by Wayne Orchiston
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The evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960 has been studied in detail by numerous historians of science in recent years. This Open Access book is the first to present an overview of this remarkable chapter in Australian science. The book begins in the post-war period, as the Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney switched from secret wartime research on radar to peacetime applications of this new technology. Next follows the detection of radio waves from space and the ensuing transformation of this fledgling science into the dominant research program at the Radiophysics Lab....
Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy by Wayne Orchiston is 281 pages long, and a total of 70,531 words.
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