LEADER 04780nam 22006735 450 001 9910300422003321 005 20200707002845.0 010 $a0-387-85347-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-0-387-85347-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000243941 035 $a(EBL)1964677 035 $a(OCoLC)891135881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001354135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11773483 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001354135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11323553 035 $a(PQKB)10366327 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-387-85347-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1964677 035 $a(PPN)181345692 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000243941 100 $a20140917d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGalactic Encounters $eOur Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time's End /$fby William Sheehan, Christopher J. Conselice 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-387-85346-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2: Catchpole of the Nebulae -- Chapter 3: "I Have Looked Farther."- Chapter 4: Chimneys and Tubules of the Galaxy -- Chapter 5: Of Leviathans, Spirals and Fire-Mists -- Chapter 6: The Various Twine of Light -- Chapter 7: Fields of Glory -- Chapter 8: What Stuff Stars Are Made Of -- Chapter 9: The Nebula is Leaving the Solar System -- Chapter 10: The "Galactocentric" Revolution -- Chapter 12: W.W. Morgan and the Discovery of the Spiral Arms of the Milky Way -- Chapter 13: To Forge a Galaxy -- Chapter 14: Over the Dark Side: Dark Matter, Black Holes and the Origin of the Universe -- Chapter 15: Dark Energy -- Chapter 16: Afterglows -- Index. 330 $aWritten by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about the vast and complicated systems of stars and dust known as galaxies. The first galaxies appeared as violently disturbed exotic objects when the Universe was only a few 100 million years old. From that tortured beginning, they have evolved though processes of accretion, merging and star formation into the majestic spirals and massive ellipticals that dominate our local part of the Universe. This of course includes the Milky Way, to which the Sun and Solar System belong; it is our galactic home, and the only galaxy we will ever know from the inside. Sheehan and Conselice show how astronomers? understanding has grown from the early catalogs of Charles Messier and William Herschel; developed through the pioneering efforts of astronomers like E.E. Barnard, V.M. Slipher, Henrietta Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and W.W. Morgan; and finally is reaching fruition in cutting-edge research with state-of-the-art instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope that can see back to nearly the beginning of the Universe. By combining archival research that reveals fascinating details about the personalities, rivalries and insights of the astronomers who created extragalactic astronomy with the latest data gleaned from a host of observations, the authors provide a view of galaxies ? and their place in our understanding of the Universe ? as they have never been seen before. . 606 $aAstronomy$vObservations 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006 608 $aPopular works.$2fast 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. 676 $a520 676 $a530 700 $aSheehan$b William$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$050539 702 $aConselice$b Christopher J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300422003321 996 $aGalactic Encounters$92520165 997 $aUNINA