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020			_a9781107358409 (ebook)
020			_z9781107044067 (hardback)
020			_z9781107620254 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQB32 _b.H27 2013
082	0	0	_a523.1 _223
100	1		_aHarwit, Martin, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIn Search of the True Universe : _bThe Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thought / _cMartin Harwit.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (408 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aAstrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access - at virtually no cost - to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107044067
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107358409
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37703 _d37703