How Long to Read Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy

How Long Does it Take to Read Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy?

It takes the average reader 14 hours and 2 minutes to read Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy by W. M. Goss

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Description

This open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia. The book explains how an isolated continent with limited resources grew to be one of the leaders in the study of radio astronomy and the design of instruments to do so. Pawsey made a name for himself in the international astronomy community within a decade after WWII and coined the term radio astronomy. His most valuable talent was his ability to recruit and support bright young scientists who became the technical and methodological innovators of the era, building new telescopes from the Mills Cross and Chris (Christiansen) Cross to the Parkes radio telescope. The development of aperture synthesis and the controversy surrounding the cosmological interpretation of the first major survey which resulted in the Sydney research group's disagreements with Nobel laureate Martin Ryle play major roles in this story. This book also shows the connections among prominent astronomers like Oort, Minkowski, Baade, Struve, famous scientists in the UK such as J.A. Ratcliffe, Edward Appleton and Henry Tizard, and the engineers and physicists in Australia who helped develop the field of radio astronomy. Pawsey was appointed the second Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank, West Virginia) in October 1961; he died in Sydney at the age of 54 in late November 1962. Upper level students, scientists and historians of astronomy and technology will find the information, much of it from primary sources, relevant to any study of Joseph L. Pawsey or radio astronomy. This open access book includes a Foreword by Woodruff T. Sullivan II.

How long is Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy?

Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy by W. M. Goss is 833 pages long, and a total of 210,749 words.

This makes it 281% the length of the average book. It also has 258% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 11 minutes to read Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy aloud.

What Reading Level is Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy?

Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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