History of X-ray telescopes and astronomy

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 143-156

  Giacconi, Riccardo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; History; Stellar systems; Universe; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949852417     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-009-9139-8     Document Type: Article

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