Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy : Christiansen, Mills, Wild and Bracewell - Grand Format

This is the story of Bernie Mills, Chris Christiansen, Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell, members of a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia, and the world, into this new field of research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work : Mills for the development the cross type instrument that now bears his name ; Christiansen for the application of rotational synthesis techniques ; Wild for the masterful joining of observations and theory to elicit the nature of the solar atmosphere ; Bracewell for his contribution to imaging theory.
As well, these Four Pillars are remembered for creating a remarkable environment for scientific discovery and for influencing the careers of future generations. Their pursuit of basic science helped pave the way for technological developments in areas ranging from Wi-Fi to sonar to medical imaging to air navigation, and for underpinning the foundations of modern cosmology and astrophysics.