Are you interested in radio astronomy? Do radio telescopes fascinate you? This book will allow you to discover the amazing world of the Universe that our eyes cannot see but that we can study with radio techniques. Author Filippo Bradaschia (founder of PrimaLuceLab) explains the different themes of this science in a simple and understandable format thanks to a series of pictures and illustrations and where possible not using complicated formulas.
This book includes the following chapters:
- Early years of radio astronomy
- Basic concepts: electromagnetic waves
- Reception of radio waves: radio telescopes
- Radio sources of the Universe
- The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)
- Terrestrial phenomena and radio waves
In the final part of the book the reader will find much interesting data and references as a comparison between the ‘visible’ and ‘radio’ sky, a list of the most important radio sources and other resources findable on the internet.
