The Cosmic Web (eBook)

Mysterious Architecture of the Universe

J. Richard Gott (Autor)

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2016
272 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7328-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structureJ. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies intricately connected by filaments of galaxies-a magnificent structure now called the "e;cosmic web"e; and mapped extensively by teams of astronomers. Here is his gripping insider's account of how a generation of undaunted theorists and observers solved the mystery of the architecture of our cosmos.The Cosmic Web begins with modern pioneers of extragalactic astronomy, such as Edwin Hubble and Fritz Zwicky. It goes on to describe how, during the Cold War, the American school of cosmology favored a model of the universe where galaxies resided in isolated clusters, whereas the Soviet school favored a honeycomb pattern of galaxies punctuated by giant, isolated voids. Gott tells the stories of how his own path to a solution began with a high-school science project when he was eighteen, and how he and astronomer Mario Juric measured the Sloan Great Wall of Galaxies, a filament of galaxies that, at 1.37 billion light-years in length, is one of the largest structures in the universe.Drawing on Gott's own experiences working at the frontiers of science with many of today's leading cosmologists, The Cosmic Web shows how ambitious telescope surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey are transforming our understanding of the cosmos, and how the cosmic web holds vital clues to the origins of the universe and the next trillion years that lie ahead.

Autor

J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. He is the coauthor of Welcome to the Universe (Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 16 color illus. 4 halftones. 40 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Accelerating expansion of the universe • Adrian Melott • age of the universe • Andromeda Galaxy • Astronomer • Astronomy • Atomic Nucleus • Big Bang • Calculation • Chronology of the universe • circumference • Coma Cluster • computer simulation • Cosmic distance ladder • Cosmic microwave background • cosmic string • cosmological constant • Curvature • dark energy • density • de Sitter space • Dimension • Einstein Field Equations • elementary particle • Elliptical galaxy • Energy Density • Error bar • Foam • Galactic Center • Galaxy cluster • General relativity • Geometry • George Gamow • Globular Cluster • Gravitational constant • Gravity • Higgs boson • Hubble's law • Hubble space telescope • Inflationary epoch • Inflation (cosmology) • Initial Condition • Jim Peebles • J. Richard Gott • light-year • Luminosity • Martin Rees • mass–energy equivalence • Massive particle • Metric expansion of space • milky way • Neutrino • Neutron • neutron star • Nucleosynthesis • number density • observable universe • parsec • Particle physics • Peculiar velocity • Photon • physical cosmology • physicist • Planck (spacecraft) • polyhedron • Quantity • Quantum fluctuation • quantum mechanics • quantum tunnelling • Quasar • Radiation pressure • Recessional velocity • Recombination (cosmology) • Redshift • regular polyhedron • Richard Feynman • Shape of the universe • Sloan Digital Sky Survey • Sloan Great Wall • Solar mass • Special relativity • Spectral line • Speed of Light • Spiral galaxy • star formation • Supercluster • Supernova • Temperature • Theory of relativity • thermal radiation • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Time Travel • Universe • Vacuum • vacuum energy • vacuum state • Virgo Cluster • Virgo Supercluster • Wavelength • Zwicky (crater)
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7328-2 / 1400873282
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7328-9 / 9781400873289