Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy

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Notes 379 ONE: My Italian Roots 1. L. La Rosa and E. La Rocca, “Oscar Chisini.” Wikipedia entry in the section contributed by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 2. R. Giacconi, A. Lovati, A. Mura, and C. Succi. 1956. “Osservazioni preliminary sullo sviluppo della cascata nucleare in piombo prodotta dalla radiazione cosmica a 3500 metri.” Il Supplemento del Nuovo Cimento series X, 4:892–895. 3. E. Fiorini, R. Giacconi, and C. Succi. 1957. “Una nuova camera di Wilson di grandi dimensioni .” Il Nuovo Cimento series X, 6:355. 4. R. W. Thompson, A. V. Buskirk, L. R. Etter, C. J. Karmak, and R. H. Rediker. 1953. “The disintegration of the V0 particle.” Physical Review 90:329. TWO: New World 1. R. W. Thompson, J. R. Burwell, and R. W. Huggett. 1956.“The θ0 meson.” Il Supplemento del Nuovo Cimento series X, 4:286–318. 2. Thompson et al., 1956. 3. Thompson et al., 1956. 4. R. Giacconi, W. Blum, and G. T. Reynolds. 1959. “Detection of high-energy mu mesons by an air Cerenkov counter.” Il Nuovo Cimento series X, 11:102–107. 5. R. Giacconi, H. Gursky, and A. Hendel. 1959. “A search for a mass 500 me particle.” Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Session X A9,Washington, D.C.American Physical Society vol. 4-289. THREE: Introducing X-Ray Astronomy 1. National Academy of Sciences. 1977. The National Academy of Sciences: First hundred years. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, p. 555. 2. L. Goldberg. 1959. Summary of the report from the Committee on Optical and Radio Astronomy . Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, Space and Science Board, p. 5. 3. R. F. Hirsh. 1979. “Science, technology and public policy: The case of x-ray astronomy, 1959 to 1978.” PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 4. A. H. Compton. 1965. “X-rays as a branch of optics.” Nobel Prize lecture, December 12, 1927. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 5. S. L. Mandel’shtam and A. I. Efremov. 1958.“Research on shortwave solar ultraviolet radiation .”In Russian literature of satellites. Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, pp. 47–65. Translation by International Physical Index, New York. 6. R. Giacconi and B. B. Rossi. 1960.“A ‘telescope’ for soft x ray astronomy.” Journal of Geophysical Research 65:773. 7. R. Giacconi, G. W. Clark, and B. B. Rossi. 1960.“A brief review of experimental and theoretical progress in x ray astronomy.” Document AS&E-TN-49. Cambridge, Mass.: American Science and Engineering. 8. R. Giacconi. 1960.“An instrument for gathering x-ray flux.” In Proceedings of the Conference on X-Ray Astronomy at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, ed. A. I. Berman. Cambridge , Mass.: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, p. 51. FOUR: The First Celestial X-Ray Source 1. H. Wolter. 1952. “Spiegelsysteme streifenden Einfalls als abbildende Optiken für Röntgenstrahlen .” Annalen der Physik 445(1): 94–114. 2. R. Giacconi, H. Gursky, F. Paolini, and B. B. Rossi. 1962.“Evidence for x rays from sources outside the solar system.” Physical Review Letters 9:442. 3. H. Gursky, R. Giacconi, F. Paolini, and B. B. Rossi. 1963. “Further evidence for the existence of galactic x-rays.” Physical Review Letters 11:530–535. 4. S.Bowyer,E.T.Byram,T.A.Chubb,and H.Friedman.1964.“X-ray sources in the galaxy.” Nature 201:1307. 5. R. F. Hirsh. 1979. “Science, technology and public policy: The case of x-ray astronomy, 1959 to 1978.” PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, p. 96. Notes 380 6. P. C. Fisher and A. J. Meyerott. 1964. “Stellar x-ray emission.” Astrophysical Journal 139:123. 7. S. Bowyer. 1964. “An alternative interpretation of the paper ‘Stellar x-ray emission’ by Fisher, P. C., and Meyerott, A. J.” Astrophysical Journal 140:820b. 8. P. C. Fisher and A. J. Meyerott. 1964. “A response to S. Bowyer comments.” Astrophysical Journal 140:821f. FIVE: Plans and Progress in X-Ray Astronomy 1. R. Giacconi and H. Gursky. 1963.“An experimental program of extra-solar x-ray astronomy .” September. Proposal by AS&E to NASA. Document AS&E-449. 2. S. Bowyer, E. T. Byram, T. A. Chubb, and H. Friedman. 1964.“Lunar occultation of x-ray emission from the Crab Nebula.” Science 146:912–917. 3. R.Giacconi.1965.“A program of high angular resolution studies of celestial x-ray sources using sounding rockets.” Proposal by AS&E to NASA. Document AS&E-1070, p. iv. 4. R. Giacconi, H. Gursky, and...