Cosmic Dawn

The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies
2013
ISBN: 978-1-4614-7812-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4453 g

Reihe: Astronomers' Universe

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

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rhee, George

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.