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020 _a9783642283710
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024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-28371-0
_2doi
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100 1 _aBertolotti, Mario.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCelestial Messengers
_h[electronic resource] :
_bCosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure /
_cby Mario Bertolotti.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXIV, 330 p. 105 illus., 12 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aAstronomers' Universe,
_x1614-659X
505 0 _aPrehistory - The electron, the proton and X-rays -- Prehistory - Radioactivity -- Cosmic rays - The antefacts -- The discovery - Victor F. Hess and the balloon flights -- The confirmation - Robert Millikan and the  “birth cry” of the borning atoms -- A turning point - Things are not as they look -- The earth magnetic field and the geomagnetic effects -- The positive electron -- The electromagnetic showers -- The muon -- The discovery of the π-meson, nuclear emulsions and the first “strange” particles -- The extended showers -- Nuclear stars -- The neutrino: elusive and capricious particles able to come from very far away -- What are the primary cosmic rays? -- The origin of cosmic rays -- X- and gamma rays from space.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aObservations, Astronomical.
650 0 _aAstronomy
_xObservations.
650 0 _aNuclear physics.
650 0 _aPopular works.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 2 4 _aParticle and Nuclear Physics.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science, general.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642283703
830 0 _aAstronomers' Universe,
_x1614-659X
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28371-0
912 _aZDB-2-PHA
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c45782
_d45782