| Description |
viii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Scientific, Technological and Political Environments: 1. The heritage of X-ray astronomy; 2. The political environment; 3. First fruit; Part II. The X-ray Astronomy Community: 4. Competition and confirmation; 5. 'A major area within astronomy'; 6. Migrants and money; Part III. Resolving the Central Problem: 7. Of mechanisms and a model; 8. Research programs; 9. More problems, new lines of research; 10. Uhuru; Part IV. Epilogue: 11. Success and frustration; Appendices: 1. Statistics on scientists; 2. Experimental groups in nonsolar X-ray astronomy; 3. Technical discussion; Bibliographic note on unpublished sources; Notes; Index |
| Analysis |
X-ray astronomy |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
X-ray astronomy.
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| LC no. |
82023633 |
| ISBN |
0521251214 |
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