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The biggest bangs : the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe

by Jonathan I. Katz

An account of how the mystery of gamma-ray bursts was unravelled, tracing their history from accidental discovery by Cold War satellites to their eventual localisation in distant galaxies.

Accession 21448 ISBN 0195145704 Publisher —
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