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Astronomy's Limitless Journey : A Guide to Understanding the Universe /

When observing the sky on a very clear, dark night, the soft glow of the Milky Way with its thousands of stars can be seen with the naked eye. Over the centuries since Galileo Galilei first pointed a telescope at the galaxy in 1609, this awe-inspiring yet easily visible panorama was our cosmos, our...

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Autor principal: Hasinger, Günther (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Dark Side of the Universe
  • Chapter Two. The Big Bang
  • Chapter Three. Clearing Up
  • Chapter Four. The Cosmic Web of Galaxies
  • Chapter Five. Star Formation
  • Chapter Six. Wanderers in the Sky
  • Chapter Seven. The Stellar Cemetery
  • Chapter Eight. Cosmic Monsters
  • Chapter Nine. The Destiny of the Universe
  • Chapter Ten. And What about God?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index