TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schlegel,Eric M.
TI  - The restless universe: understanding X-ray astronomy in the age of Chandra and Newton 
SN  - 9780198033844
AV  - QB472 .S35 2002eb
U1  - 522/.6863 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford [England], New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - X-ray astronomy
KW  - Astronomie des rayons X
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Sky Observation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index; Preface; Overview; 1. "By three methods we may learn wisdom . . ."; 2. ". . . and know the place for the first time."; 3. ". . . every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against . . ."; 4. "Sometimes you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."; 5. Veritatem dies apertit. (Time discovers the truth.); 6. ". . . a spectrum is worth a thousand pictures."; 7. "We're all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms."
N2  - A research astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory offers an engaging introduction to the exciting field of x-ray astronomy. 62 halftones, 31 line illustrations, & 7 color images
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=146934
ER  -