Radio Universe
How to Explore Space Without Leaving Earth
Will be published approx. on 11. February 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-5293-9898-4 (ISBN)
Description
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Astrophysicist Emma Chapman's Radio Universe reveals how we use radio waves to explore the distant universe. Chapman follows one on a journey from Earth into the wider Milky Way, passing black holes and pulsars * New Scientist * A brave new world of cosmis surveillance is here * The Spectator * A dazzling trip into outer space reveals how radio waves have helped us solve the mysteries of the universe's darkest corners and deepest past * Bookseller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5293-9898-4 (9781529398984)
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Emma Chapman is an award-winning radio astronomer based at the University of Nottingham, and a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin research fellow. Her first book, First Light, was based on her groundbreaking research into the era of the first stars. She won the 2018 Royal Society Athena Prize for her work to end staff-student sexual harrassment in academia.