The Biggest Bangs The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe KATZ, Jonathan I. (Washington University)

For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unravelled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies.