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SUMMARY:Paths to Discovery in Radio Astronomy – Prediction and Serendipi
 ty -  Professor Ron Ekers\, Australia National Telescope Facility CSIRO\, 
 Australia
DTSTART:20100608T151500Z
DTEND:20100608T161500Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:One of the most important events in twentieth century astronom
 y was the birth of radio astronomy.  For the first time ever astronomers w
 ere able to view the Universe in a region of the electromagnetic spectrum 
 outside the narrow optical window.  These early discoveries were usually u
 nexpected and often unpredicted.  They were initially made by individual s
 cientists from other disciplines who built very unconventional “telescop
 es”.  This included the development of aperture synthesis and I will com
 ment\, from an Australian perspective\, on the parallel development paths 
 in Cambridge and Sydney.  These early pioneers discovered a plethora of co
 smic phenomena that revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe.  I will 
 explore some of the paths which lead to these discoveries in radio astrono
 my to illustrate the roles played by serendipity\, prediction and explanat
 ion.
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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