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How did the first stars and galaxies form? /
Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will ad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Princeton frontiers in physics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, and this book couldn't be more timely. It covers all the basic concepts in cosmology, drawing on insights from an astronomer who has pioneered much of this research over the past two decades. Abraham Loeb starts from first principles, tracing the theoretical foundat. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400834068 1400834066 |