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Celestial Messengers: Cosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure

By Mario Bertolotti (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-28370-3, 978-3-642-28371-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-28371-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6188965 bytes)
Series
Astronomers' Universe
Edition
1
Pages
330\336
Topic
Physics
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics;PObservations and Techniques;Popular Science in Mat

Description

The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided. Cosmic rays have an official date of discovery which is linked to the famous balloon flights of the Austrian physicist Hess in 1912. The year 2012 can therefore be considered the centenary of the discovery.

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