National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
Early radio astronomy courses: a course in radio astronomy, by Hendrik C. van de Hulst, 1951.
This is part of a web exhibit created by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Archives to showcase course materials. This course, taught by van de Hulst at Harvard in 1951, is the first known academic course specifically on radio astronomy. This copy was made from a notebook belonging to Woodruff T. Sullivan, III, and all annotations were made by Sullivan.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) was founded in 1956, and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the terms of a cooperative agreement between the NSF and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI). The NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community, and provides programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media. The NRAO Archives were started in spring of 2003, and are located at the NRAO offices in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Archives document NRAOs historical development, institutional history, instrument construction, and ongoing activities, including its participation in multi-institutional collaborations. As the national facility for radio astronomy, the archives also includes materials on history and development of radio astronomy in the United States.
Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918-2000), Dutch astronomer and mathematician. University of Leiden. Research in radio astronomy.
Harvard University.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
Radio astronomy.
Lecture notes. aat
Hulst, H. C. van de (Hendrik Christoffel), 1918-
Sullivan, Woodruff Turner.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA