A New View of the Universe

Subject(s): Physics | Age: Post 16 | Type: Textbook | Publication Year: 2000 - 2009

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Produced by the Royal Astronomical Society, this booklet contains a series of articles that examine modern astronomy. They examine why astronomy matters and the sometimes surprising ways in which it affects our lives. Articles include:
• Revealing the secrets of gamma-ray bursts
• The search for gravitational waves
• Radio astronomy opens the way to a wireless world
• Seeing clearly with adaptive optics
• The rise of the CCD
• From cosmology to oil production
• Adapting to climate change
• Risk, uncertainty and interstellar shock waves

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx5en

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