Radio Astronomy

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Professor Biography Table of Contents Course Scope Lecture 1—Radio Astronomy and the Invisible Universe Lecture 2—Thermal Radio Emission: The Planets Lecture 3—The Birth of Radio Astronomy Lecture 4—The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen Lecture 5—Radio Telescopes and How They Work Lecture 6—Mapping the Hydrogen Sky Lecture 7—Tour of the Green Bank Observatory Lecture 8—Tour of the Green Bank Telescope Lecture 9—Hydrogen and the Structure of Galaxies Lecture 10—Pulsars: Clocks in Space Lecture 11—Pulsars and Gravity Lecture 12—Pulsars and the 300-Foot Telescope Lecture 13—The Big Bang: The Oldest Radio Waves Lecture 14—H II Regions and the Birth of Stars Lecture 15—Supernovas and the Death of Stars Lecture 16—Radio Stars and Early Interferometers Lecture 17—Radio Source Counts Lecture 18—Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA Lecture 19—A Telescope as Big as the Earth Lecture 20—Galaxies and Their Gas Lecture 21—Interstellar Molecular Clouds Lecture 22—Star Formation and ALMA Lecture 23—Interstellar Chemistry and Life Lecture 24—The Future of Radio Astronomy Bibliography Image Credits