TY - BOOK ID - 14306790 TI - Celestial messengers : cosmic rays : the story of a scientific adventure PY - 2013 SN - 1614659X SN - 3642283705 3642283713 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cosmic rays -- Research -- History. KW - Cosmic rays. KW - Physics. KW - Cosmic rays KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Light & Optics KW - Physics - General KW - History KW - Research KW - Millikan rays KW - Observations, Astronomical. KW - Astronomy KW - Nuclear physics. KW - Popular works. KW - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. KW - Particle and Nuclear Physics. KW - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. KW - Popular Science, general. KW - Observations. KW - Extraterrestrial radiation KW - Ionizing radiation KW - Nuclear physics KW - Radioactivity KW - Space environment KW - Science (General). KW - Astronomy—Observations. KW - Astronomical observations KW - Observations, Astronomical KW - Atomic nuclei KW - Atoms, Nuclei of KW - Nucleus of the atom KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14306790 AB - The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided. Cosmic rays have an official date of discovery which is linked to the famous balloon flights of the Austrian physicist Hess in 1912. The year 2012 can therefore be considered the centenary of the discovery. ER -