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020 _a9780511629006 (ebook)
020 _z9780521451703 (hardback)
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050 0 4 _aQB43.2
_b.P37 1994
082 0 0 _a520
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100 1 _aPasachoff, Jay M.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe farthest things in the universe /
_cJay M. Pasachoff [and others].
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1994.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 104 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aObserving the farthest things in the universe / Jay M. Pasachoff -- The cosmic background radiation / Ed Cheng -- Quasars / Patrick S. Osmer -- Galaxies at the limit: the epoch of galaxy formation / Hyron Spinrad.
520 _aThe quest for the farthest objects in the Universe remains one of the most challenging to modern astronomy. Peering deeper and deeper into space reveals the most distant and powerful objects known and so probes back to the embryonic epochs of the Universe not long after its birth in the Big Bang. Four world experts - chosen for their ability to communicate research astronomy to popular audiences - each contribute a chapter to this lucid survey, first published in 1994. In clear terms they bring to the general audience the excitement and challenge of studying the Universe on the largest scales. They address the fundamental issues of scale in the Universe; the ghostly etchings seen on the cosmic background radiation; quasars and their evolution; and galaxy birth. This survey offers an exceptional chance for the general audience to share in the excitement of today's forefront research of the early Universe in an accessible and stimulating way.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aCosmology.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521451703
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511629006
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