Title In search of the true universe: The Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thought Author(s) Martin Harwit Publication Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Description xvii, 393p. Abstract Note Astrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the Cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the U.S. policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access – at virtually no cost – to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the Cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight. ISBN,Price 9781107044067 : US $50.00(HB) Classification 52 Keyword(s) 1. ASTRONOMY - HISTORY 2. ASTRONOMY - HISTORY - 20TH CENTURY 3. ASTRONOMY - SOCIETY 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Item Type Book Multi-Media Links Click Here for Online Book Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location 025397   52/HAR/025397  On Shelf     OB0478   52/HAR/  On Shelf     +Copy Specific Information