An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology

Herausgeber: Jones, Mark H.; Serjeant, Stephen; Lambourne, Robert J. A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This well-received textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory courses in astronomy and astrophysics. The second edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments and observations and contains features including boxed summaries, a glossary and exercises with full solutions, making it useful for self-study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 266mm x 215mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1278g
• ISBN-13: 9781107492615
• ISBN-10: 1107492610
• Artikelnr.: 42017239

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Milky Way - our galaxy
2. Normal galaxies
3. Active galaxies
4. The spatial distribution of galaxies
5. Introducing cosmology - the science of the Universe
6. Big bang cosmology - the evolving Universe
7. Observational cosmology - measuring the Universe
8. Questioning cosmology - outstanding problems about the Universe
Answers and comments
Appendix
Glossary
Further reading
Acknowledgements
Figure references
Index.