Series A
Nine lectures for those who would like to be better informed on current developments linked with the Thursday Series B (which is at a more advanced level)
8: The new astronomies by F. Graham Smith, Professor of Radio-Astronomy, University of Manchester
Telescopes which receive radio-waves. X-rays or gamma rays. operating on the ground, in rockets, and in satellites, all bring new information about the universe. In this talk techniques and observations are discussed.
A booklet is available
Thursday (Series B): The new universe
See also Thurs., 7.30 p.m. (Third). Professor Sir Bernard Lovell, F.R.S., on our present knowledge of the Universe