A History of Radio Astronomy

射电天文学史

• 批准号: 8709589
• 负责人: Woodruff Sullivan
• 金额: $ 0.9万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-06-01 至 1988-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8709589&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: History; Radio; Astronomy

The rise of "Big" science in the post World War II era has brought with it large, expensive instruments and the necessity of team research. The nature and social organization of science have been radically altered. There is much that needs to be learned about the impact of these instruments of big science. Dr. Sullivan's exhaustive study of the growth of radio astronomy, begun under several previous grants from the History and Philosophy of Science Program of the NSF, will certainly provide us with an critical study of one area where the transformation from 'small' to 'big' science has occurred. Dr. Sullivan is investigating the worldwide development of radio and radar astronomy from the first unsuccessful attempts in the 1890's until the explosive growth of the early 1960's. A major source of information has been 250 taped interviews with virtually all of the men and women who shaped the history. Careful study in radio observatory and private archives and libraries around the world has also been undertaken. He has paid special attention to the manner in which radio astronomy grew as a discipline out of radio and radar engineering as well as ionospheric physics, and how it eventually became an accepted part of astronomy itself. Under this grant, Dr. Sullivan will complete the first portion of his study. The completed work will emphasize the intellectual history of the field, the important interaction between science and technology as the field developed, and the characters and motivations of the men and groups who pioneered in the field and subsequently contributed to its growth. This research will carry the study up to 1951. A succeeding volume will carry the research through the 1960's.

“大”科学在二战后时代的兴起， 与它的大型，昂贵的仪器和团队的必要性， research. 科学的性质和社会组织一直是 彻底改变了 有很多需要了解的 这些大科学仪器的影响。 沙利文医生 对射电天文学发展的详尽研究始于 科学史和科学哲学的几个先前的赠款 美国国家科学基金会的计划，肯定会为我们提供一个批判性的研究 从“小”科学到“大”科学的转变 已经发生了 沙利文博士正在调查世界范围内 无线电和雷达天文学的发展，从第一个不成功的 在1890年的尝试，直到早期的爆炸性增长， 六十年代 一个主要的信息来源是250次录音采访 与几乎所有塑造历史的男男女女一起。 在无线电观测站和私人档案馆和图书馆仔细研究 在世界各地也进行了。 他付了特别的钱 注意射电天文学作为一门学科的发展方式 无线电和雷达工程以及电离层物理学， 以及它是如何最终成为天文学的一部分的。 根据这项拨款，沙利文博士将完成他的第一部分， study. 完成的工作将强调的思想史， 科学与技术之间的重要互动 随着这个领域的发展，男人的性格和动机 以及该领域的先驱者， 它的成长。 这项研究将持续到1951年。 一 下一卷将把这项研究贯穿整个六十年代。