Author: Mount Wilson Solar ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson Solar ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The majority of the contributions are reprinted from the Astrophysical journal.
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Galileo's Daughter
Author: Dava SobelPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1857027124
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This is an account of the relationship between Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Marie Celeste. It contains letters sent from Marie Celeste to her father from a Florence convent.
Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory
Author: Mount Wilson ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical observatories
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Unveiling Galaxies
Author: Jean-René RoyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417019
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.
The Perfect Machine
Author: Ronald FlorencePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Author describes the building of the Palomar telescope in California, one of the greatest technical achievements of this century.
The Discovery of Cosmic Voids
Author: Laird A. ThompsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108858481
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The large-scale structure of the Universe is dominated by vast voids with galaxies clustered in knots, sheets, and filaments, forming a great 'cosmic web'. In this personal account of the major astronomical developments leading to this discovery, we learn from Laird A. Thompson, a key protagonist, how the first 3D maps of galaxies were created. Using non-mathematical language, he introduces the standard model of cosmology before explaining how and why ideas about cosmic voids evolved, referencing the original maps, reproduced here. His account tells of the competing teams of observers, racing to publish their results, the theorists trying to build or update their models to explain them, and the subsequent large-scale survey efforts that continue to the present day. This is a well-documented account of the birth of a major pillar of modern cosmology, and a useful case study of the trials surrounding how this scientific discovery became accepted.
Walter Baade
Author: Donald E. OsterbrockPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691049366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rather, it was his discovery of two distinct stellar populations: old and young stars. This discovery opened wide the previously marginal fields of stellar and galactic evolution - research areas that would be among the most fertile and exciting in all of astrophysics for decades to come."--BOOK JACKET.