The Extragalactic Distance Scale - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521591643 ISBN 13: 9780521591645

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Riassunto

A comprehensive review of the latest results of all methods to determine the Hubble constant - the hottest debate in contemporary astronomy and cosmology.

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Recensione

'This well-produced book ... contains an important mid-term summary report on the Hubble Space Telescope Project on the EDS from Freedman, Madore and Kennicutt, and is essential research library literature.' Irish Astronomical Journal

' ... highly recommended.' Paul O'Brien The Observatory

'[covers] every aspect of this fascinating topic. The succession of 23 review articles expertly summarise the efforts of modern astronomy to measure the Hubble constant.' Astronomy Now

Descrizione del libro

One of the hottest debates in astronomy today concerns the value of the Hubble constant which fixes the size and age of the Universe. Based on a meeting at the Space Telescope Science Institute, this book presents the latest results from a plethora of techniques for determining the Hubble constant. This timely volume provides a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and cosmology.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521591643
• ISBN 13: 9780521591645
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 337
• Redattore: Livio Mario, Donahue Megan, Panagia Nino
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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