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The telescope in the ice : inventing a new astronomy at the South Pole

text The telescope in the ice : inventing a new astronomy at the South Pole

Summary
The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved... Read more
Contents
Introduction: Making mistakes -- Part I. The birth and youth of the neutrino -- This crazy child -- Infancy and youth -- From poltergeist to particle -- Part II. The dream of neutrino astronomy -- Wisconsin-style physics -- Peaceful exploration by... Read more
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viii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher
St. Martins Press 2017

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