The Owens Valley Radio Observatory: Early Years

Author: Cohen, Marshall H.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 57, Number 3, 1994, pp. 8-23

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 57:3, Spring 1994

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:57.3.Cohen

Abstract

The U.S. lagged behind Europe and Australia in radio astronomy until the late 1950s, when Caltech erected two giant dishes at the foot of the Sierra Nevada.

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