George Rhee

Cosmic Dawn (eBook, PDF)

The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Teaches the reader what the first stars and galaxies actually look like and how they could form

Provides the latest observational findings on the search for the first stars and galaxies

Explains the aims and goals of next-generation telescopes for astronomy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 279
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461478133
• Artikelnr.: 43785955

Autorenporträt

George Rhee is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nevada. He published 37 peer reviewed articles and is a co-author of a Nature article published in 2010. The author is an active researcher in astronomy but also an experienced teacher and has given many science talks in his career for general audiences.

Inhaltsangabe

An evening in May.- A brief history of cosmology.- The Big Bang.- The Visible Universe.- Dark matter.- Cosmic backgrounds.- Clues from Nearby Galaxies (astronomical fossils).- Structure formation.- A map of the universe.- The First Stars and Galaxies.- The great time machines; A New Generation of Telescopes.- Exploring the Universe from Space with the next Hubble telescope.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The search for the first generation of stars to form out of the cooling expanding gas following the big bang is the central theme of Cosmic Dawn. ... this is one of the most readable books on cosmology around. Anyone with an interest in science will enjoy it. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels." (T. D. Oswalt, Choice, Vol. 51 (8), April, 2014)