Discover
/
Article

Early history of Arecibo Observatory

JUN 01, 2014

DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.2402

Daniel Altschuler
Chris Salter

Altschuler and Salter reply: We thank both correspondents for their interesting comments. To Michael Dowe we note that the directors of the Arecibo Observatory through the 1960s were William E. Gordon (1960–65), John W. Findlay (1965–66), Frank D. Drake (1966–68), and Gordon H. Pettengill (1968–71). We emphasize that our article concentrated on major astronomical contributions from the observatory over its 50 years of operations. For an excellent account of its contributions to atmospheric and ionospheric physics, we recommend John Mathew’s article “A short history of geophysical radar at Arecibo Observatory.” 1

References

  1. 1. J. Mathew, Hist. Geo. Space Sci. 4, 19 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-19-2013

More about the Authors

Daniel Altschuler. (danuchko@hotmail.com) University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.

Chris Salter. (csalter@naic.edu) Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

This Content Appeared In
pt-cover_2014_06.jpeg

Volume 67, Number 6

Related content
/
Article
/
Article
/
Article
/
Article
/
Article
/
Article

Get PT in your inbox

Physics Today - The Week in Physics

The Week in Physics" is likely a reference to the regular updates or summaries of new physics research, such as those found in publications like Physics Today from AIP Publishing or on news aggregators like Phys.org.

Physics Today - Table of Contents
Physics Today - Whitepapers & Webinars
By signing up you agree to allow AIP to send you email newsletters. You further agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.