Extragalactic Adventure: Our Strange Universe - Brossura

Heidmann, Jean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521280451 ISBN 13: 9780521280457

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

The extragalactic universe, the immense world of a billion galaxies lying beyond out own, is the subject of this book.

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Descrizione del libro

The extragalactic universe, the immense world of a billion galaxies lying beyond out own, is the subject of this book. The questions which scientists constantly debate is the subject of this honest, enthusiastic and easy-to-use text.

Contenuti

Foreword; Preface; 1. Our galaxy and its hundred billion stars; 2. Galaxies, population of the Universe; 3. Radioastronomy, a deeper foray in space; 4. Spectra, valuable messengers; 5. The expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang; 6. Einstein's general relativity theory or gravitation by the curvature of space; 7. Curved spaces, surprising worlds; 8. Models of the Universe or possible scenarios; 9. Space-time, a meeting of where and when; 10. Cosmological horizons, limits of the Universe; 11. The past of the Universe, from the primeval soup to us; 12. The future of the Universe, what destiny awaits us?; 13. Anomalous spectral redshifts, new question marks; 14. Quasars, at the boundaries of space; 15. The space telescope, a new leap in knowledge; 16. Black holes and their fantastic properties; 17. Extraterrestrials; Epilogue.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521280451
• ISBN 13: 9780521280457
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 184
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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