Abstract
Richard F Hirsh 1983 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press viii + 186 pp price £20 ISBN 0 521 25121 4 This book is a history of x-ray astronomy's infancy, from its roots in upper-atmosphere research to the UHURU satellite in the early 1970s. Hirsh analyses the roles of funding, public policy, instrumental innovation and flight opportunities, as well as the contributions of the individual scientists and their research groups.
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