Laird A. Thompson (Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois)

Gebundenes Buch

The Discovery of Cosmic Voids

Beschreibung

A key protagonist explains how the first 3D maps of galaxies were created, revealing gigantic holes, 'cosmic voids', in the Universe. This fascinating story of the birth of a major pillar of cosmology is a useful case study of how a scientific discovery is made and becomes accepted.

Autor

Laird A. Thompson is Professor Emeritus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has held appointments at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, at the Universities of Hawaii and Nebraska, and is a member of the American Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 198mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781108491136
• ISBN-10: 1108491138
• Artikelnr.: 59913089