LEADER 02710nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910451081103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-86706-3 010 $a9786611867065 010 $a1-86094-713-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000336337 035 $a(EBL)296057 035 $a(OCoLC)476063143 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000098073 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000098073 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10120623 035 $a(PQKB)11067387 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC296057 035 $a(WSP)00000046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL296057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10173938 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186706 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000336337 100 $a20060322d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdvances in astronomy$b[electronic resource] $efrom the big bang to the solar system /$feditor, J.M.T. Thompson 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 225 1 $aRoyal Society series on advances in science ;$vv. 1 300 $a"Derived in part from work originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series A, (Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 360, 2649-3004, 2002)."--T.p. 311 $a1-86094-577-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword; Preface; CONTENTS; Cosmology and the Big Bang; Probing the Universe; Stars and Conditions for Life; Solar System and Climate Change; Index 330 $aIn this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They describe some of their own cutting-edge research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, the articles are mainly derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in special issues of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal. Carefully selected by the journal's editor, topics include the Big Bang creation of t 410 0$aRoyal Society series on advances in science ;$vv. 1. 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aCosmology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aCosmology. 676 $a523.18 701 $aThompson$b J. M. T$030787 712 02$aRoyal Society (Great Britain) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451081103321 996 $aAdvances in astronomy$92167378 997 $aUNINA