Nobel Lecture: The dawn of x-ray astronomy

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 995-1010

  Giacconi, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a Associated Universities Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141884158     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.75.995     Document Type: Article

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