Slide 8: Detecting the Interstellar Hydrogen Line, 1951
![[Shklovski 1948 paper]](ewen_HI_slide8.jpg)
My conclusions were: the Dutch will not try detection, the Russians may try detection; I should proceed on the assumption of a negative thesis.
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Modified on by Ellen BoutonSlide 8: Detecting the Interstellar Hydrogen Line, 1951
Shklovski's final sentence in the 1948 paper is, "Soviet radio physicists and astronomers should closely concern themselves with the solution of this intriguing and important problem." [Photo courtesy of Doc Ewen] My conclusions were: the Dutch will not try detection, the Russians may try detection; I should proceed on the assumption of a negative thesis.
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