Trangos G. The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy 2023 torrent

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The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy examines the multidisciplinary overlap between the spatial disciplines and the studies of science and technology through a comparative study of four of the world’s most important radio telescopes. Employing detailed analysis, historical research, interviews, personal observations, and various conceptual manoeuvres, Guy Trangoš reveals the depth of spatial process active at these scientific sites and the territories they traverse.
Through the conceptual frameworks of territory, hyper-concentration, and contingency, Trangoš interprets the telescope as exploded across space and time, present in multiple connected sites simultaneously, and active in the production of space. He develops a historiographic and contemporary analysis of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA, Chile); the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST, China); the Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico); and the MeerKAT/SKA (South Africa). These case studies are global exemplars of the different spatial transformations that occur through science. Their relationships to surrounding communities and landscapes reveal deeper constitutional processes embodied in each institutional and spatial form.
This book spans the modern history of architecture and science, the studies of science, technology and society, and urban theory. It is of specific interest to architects and designers expanding their analysis of spatial production, scholars in the study of geography, landscape, science, technology, and astronomy, and people fascinated with how these radio telescopes were conceptualised, built, and operate today.
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Foreword
Introduction
Four Radio Telescopes
Overview
Notes
Fortress Science
Science and Space
Producing Space
Science, Technology, and Society
Boundary Exploration
Technology and Infrastructure
Landscape and Territory
Landscape
Territory
Glacis
On a Mountain Peak
Notes
Making Science
Arecibo Observatory
Clearing the Forest
Making Waves
New Capabilities
Uncertainty
ALMA
Millimetre Wavelengths
Three Observatories
Assembling Consensus
Assembling Parts
FAST
The Square Kilometre Array
Going Alone
MeerKAT
A Low Base
Taking Advantage
They Gaze Alertly
Conclusion
Notes
Territories of Emptiness
Filling the Void
Enacting Emptiness
Siting
Re-scripting
Defending
Assembling Networks
Tethering
ALMA
MeerKAT
FAST
Arecibo
Conclusion
Notes
Hyper Concentration
Living Science
Context
Connections
Operations
New Architectures
Instrument
Object
Image
Performance
Notes
Negotiating Contingencies
Hurricane
Competition
Strike
Rural Minorities
Boundaries
Notes
Epilogue: To the Moon
Notes
Index