When Galaxies Were Born (eBook)

The Quest for Cosmic Dawn

Richard S. Ellis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
280 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-24167-8 (ISBN)

Infos

One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age. When Galaxies Were Born is Richard Ellis's firsthand account of how a pioneering generation of scientists harnessed the world's largest telescopes to decipher the history of the universe and witness cosmic dawn, the time when starlight first bathed the cosmos and galaxies emerged from darkness.In a remarkable career spanning more than forty years, Ellis has made some of the most spectacular discoveries in modern cosmology. He has traveled the world to conduct observations in locales as beautiful and remote as the Australian outback, the Canary Islands, Hawaii, and the Chilean desert. In this book, he brings to life a golden age of astronomy, describing the triumphs and the technical setbacks, the rivalries with competing teams, and the perennial challenge of cloudy nights. Ellis reveals the astonishing progress we have made in building ever larger and more powerful telescopes, and provides a tantalizing glimpse of cosmic dawn.Stunningly illustrated with a wealth of dramatic photos, When Galaxies Were Born is a bold scientific adventure enlivened by personal insights and anecdotes that enable readers to share in the thrill of discovery at the frontiers of astronomy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.11.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 56 color + 18 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: absorption band • age of the universe • American Astronomical Society • Ammeter • Anglo-Australian Telescope • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy • Astronomer • Astronomer Royal • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atacama Desert • Atacama Large Millimeter Array • Automation • British Astronomical Association • California Institute of Technology • Cartesian coordinate system • CERN • Chronology of the universe • Computation • Cosmic distance ladder • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic Evolution (book) • Cosmos Club • Diffusion • Earth's orbit • ecliptic • Electron Scattering • elementary particle • Energy Transition • exploration • Flavour (particle physics) • Galaxy • Galaxy 11 • Galaxy cluster • General relativity • Goddard Space Flight Center • gravitational lens • Gravity • Hale telescope • Hawaii • Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics • Hubble space telescope • hydrogen atom • Hydrogen spectral series • Institute for Astronomy • International Astronomical Union • Interstellar Medium • James Webb Space Telescope • Jupiter • Las Campanas Observatory • Lowell Observatory • Ludwik Silberstein • Metric expansion of space • Molecule • Mount Stromlo Observatory • National Optical Astronomy Observatory • Neutrino • NIRCam • nitrogen • Nucleosynthesis • observational astronomy • Observatory • optical telescope • Orbital period • outer space • Palomar Observatory • Peculiar galaxy • Photon • Primary mirror • Quasar • Recessional velocity • Redshift • Redshift survey • reflectance • refracting telescope • Reionization • result • Satellite galaxy • semiconductor • Shape of the universe • Silicon • Solar neutrino • spacecraft • Spaceflight • spaceport • Space Telescope Science Institute • Spectrograph • Spherical Aberration • Spitzer (bullet) • Spitzer Space Telescope • Square Kilometre Array • Stellar classification • stellar evolution • Structure Formation • Sunrise • switchgear • telescope • The Astrophysical Journal • Twin Quasar • Very Large Telescope
• ISBN-10: 0-691-24167-8 / 0691241678
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-24167-8 / 9780691241678