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100 1  Katz, Jonathan I.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n85296374 
245 14 The biggest bangs :|bthe mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the 
       most violent explosions in the universe /|cJonathan I. 
       Katz. 
264  1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c2002. 
300    1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) :|billustrations 
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504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and 
       index. 
505 00 |g1.|tVela|g3 --|g2.|tDetectors|g12 --|g3.|tWhere Are 
       They?|g21 --|g4.|tWhat Are They?|g29 --|g5.|tCompactness
       |g40 --|g6.|tLarge Magellanic Cloud|g50 --|g7.|tFalse 
       Lines|g60 --|g8.|tFalse Light|g70 --|g9.|tCopernican 
       Dilemma|g82 --|g10.|tSoft Gamma Repeaters|g94 --|g11.
       |tBatse|g106 --|g12.|tGreat Debate|g116 --|g13.
       |tTheorists' Turn|g126 --|g14.|tAfterglows|g139 --|g15.|tA
       Supernova Connection?|g152 --|g16.|tHoly Grail|g162 --
       |g17.|tEnd of the Beginning|g178 --|gAppendix|tDid a Gamma
       -ray Burst Kill the Dinosaurs? Will a Burst Kill Us?|g185.
520 1  "Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the 
       birth of the universe. They are about ten times more 
       energetic than the most powerful supernovas. At their peak,
       gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about
       100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet 
       until recently these titanic eruptions were the most 
       mysterious events in astronomy." "In The Biggest Bangs, 
       astrophysicist Jonathan Katz offers an account of the 
       scientific quest to unravel the mystery of these 
       incredible phenomena. With an eye for colorful detail and 
       a talent for translating scientific jargon into plain 
       English, Katz ranges from the accidental discovery of 
       gamma-ray bursts (by a Cold War satellite system 
       monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) to the frustrating
       but ultimately successful efforts to localize these bursts
       in distant galaxies. He describes the theories, the 
       equipment (the most recent breakthrough was made with a 
       telescope you could carry under your arm), and the 
       pioneers who have finally begun to explain these strange 
       events. And along the way, he offers important lessons 
       about science itself, arguing that "small science" is as 
       valuable as institutionalized "big science," that 
       observations are more the product of advances in 
       technology than of theory, and that theory is only "the 
       concentrated essence of experiment."" "With the advent of 
       the space age a mere forty years ago, we have grown used 
       to strangeness in the universe and confident in science's 
       ability to explain it. In The Biggest Bangs, Jonathan Katz
       shows that there are still wonders out there that exceed 
       the bounds of our imagination and defy our ability to 
       understand them."--Jacket. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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650  0 Gamma ray bursts.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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650  7 Gamma ray bursts.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aKatz, Jonathan I.|tBiggest bangs.
       |dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002|w(DLC)
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