Radio Astronomy. Episode 3, The Birth of Radio Astronomy [efilm]
2019
Streaming Video
When young engineer Karl Jansky was tasked to find natural radio sources that could interfere with commercial transatlantic radio communications, radio astronomy was born. His work led to the discovery of synchrotron radiation. But it would be decades before scientists understood what these earliest radio astronomers had detected - cosmic rays and magnetic fields.
Author:
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2017.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.In English
Performers:
Felix J. Lockman
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
633270
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