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Our Universe

The Thrill of Extragalactic Exploration

Alan Stern (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2001
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-78907-3 (ISBN)
CHF 55,85 inkl. MwSt
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This fascinating collection of articles on extra-galactic astronomy and cosmology by leading world experts not only describes the wonders and achievements of modern astrophysics, but also reveals what drives these talented scientists and how their careers and lives have been shaped by their desire to understand our Universe.
The Universe in which we live is unimaginably vast and ancient, with countless star-systems, galaxies and extraordinary phenomena as different and strange as blackholes, dark-matter, gamma-ray bursts and nearly-invisible galaxies. From our earliest days humankind has looked to these heavens in awe. Our Universe is a fascinating collection of articles on extra-galactic astronomy and cosmology at the dawn of the 21st century. This accessible, wonderfully illustrated book has been written by some of the world's foremost astrophysicists. Some are theorists, some computational modellers, some observers, but all provide deep insight into the most cutting-edge, difficult, and bizarre topics of astrophysics. These highly personal perspectives, however, reveal more than the wonders and achievements of modern astronomy, more than its techniques and state of knowledge. Our Universe also describes what drives these extraordinary scientists and how their careers and very lives have been shaped by a burning desire to understand our Universe.

Introduction A. Stern; The frontier universe: at the edge of night A. Stern; Part I. Revealing A Universe: Mapmaker, mapmaker make me a map: probing the universe's large scale structure John Huchra; Looking back in time: searching for the highest redshift galaxies Esther Hu; COBE probes the cosmic microwave background John Mather; Computational adventures in large scale structure Nick Gnedin; Part II. Denizens of the Deep: The discovery of massive black holes Doug Richstone; Gamma ray bursters revealed Bohdan Paczynski; Galaxy clusters, cathedrals, and the fate of the universe Megan Donahue; Courier new, courier: dark matter and the discovery of galactic halos Jerry Ostriker; Galaxy hunting: discovering low surface brightness galaxies Gregory Botham.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.3.2001
Zusatzinfo 18 Plates, color; 4 Halftones, unspecified; 12 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 175 x 247 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Weltraum / Astronomie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 0-521-78907-9 / 0521789079
ISBN-13 978-0-521-78907-3 / 9780521789073
Zustand Neuware
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