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The astronomy revolution : 400 years of exploring the cosmos / / edited by Donald G. York, Owen Gingerich, Shuang-Nan Zhang
| The astronomy revolution : 400 years of exploring the cosmos / / edited by Donald G. York, Owen Gingerich, Shuang-Nan Zhang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YorkDonald G. <1944->
GingerichOwen ZhangShuang-Nan |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy - History
Astronomy - Technological innovations Telescopes |
| ISBN |
0-429-10638-6
1-283-35016-5 9786613350169 1-4398-3601-9 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: The New Vision 400 Project; Chapter 1: From the Language of Heaven to the Rationale of Matter; Chapter 2: The Impact of Modern Telescope Development on Astronomy; Chapter 3: Searching for Other Earths and Life in the Universe; The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies; Chapter 5: Structure Formation in the Universe: From the Dark Side to First Light; Chapter 6: An Overview of Supernovae, the Explosive Deaths of Stars; Chapter 7: The Dark Secrets of Gaseous Nebulae: Highlights from Deep Spectroscopy
Chapter 8: Can We Detect Dark Matter?Chapter 9: Can We Understand Dark Energy?; Chapter 10: Astrophysical Black Holes in the Physical Universe; Chapter 11: Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays; Chapter 12: New Technologies for Radio Astronomy; Chapter 13: Advanced Optical Techniques in Astronomy; Chapter 14: Scientific Opportunities for 30-Meter-Class Optical Telescopes; Chapter 15: The Impact of Astronomy on Chinese Society in the Days before Telescopes; Chapter 16: The Impact of the Telescope in the West, 1608-1802; Chapter 17: The Impact of the Telescope on Astronomy and Society in China Chapter 18: Exoplanet Atmospheres and the Search for BiosignaturesChapter 19: What New Telescopes Can Tell Us about "Other Worlds"; Chapter 20: Multiverse Cosmology; Chapter 21: Universe or Multiverse?; Chapter 22: Cosmos and Humanity in Traditional Chinese Thought; Chapter 23: Laws of Nature, Moral Order, and the Intelligibility of the Cosmos; Chapter 24: Why Are the Laws of Nature as They Are? What Underlies Their Existence?; Appendix: The New Vision 400 Conference; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781929903321 |
| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The astronomy revolution : 400 years of exploring the cosmos / / edited by Donald G. York, Owen Gingerich, Shuang-Nan Zhang
| The astronomy revolution : 400 years of exploring the cosmos / / edited by Donald G. York, Owen Gingerich, Shuang-Nan Zhang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YorkDonald G. <1944->
GingerichOwen ZhangShuang-Nan |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy - History
Astronomy - Technological innovations Telescopes |
| ISBN |
0-429-10638-6
1-283-35016-5 9786613350169 1-4398-3601-9 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: The New Vision 400 Project; Chapter 1: From the Language of Heaven to the Rationale of Matter; Chapter 2: The Impact of Modern Telescope Development on Astronomy; Chapter 3: Searching for Other Earths and Life in the Universe; The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies; Chapter 5: Structure Formation in the Universe: From the Dark Side to First Light; Chapter 6: An Overview of Supernovae, the Explosive Deaths of Stars; Chapter 7: The Dark Secrets of Gaseous Nebulae: Highlights from Deep Spectroscopy
Chapter 8: Can We Detect Dark Matter?Chapter 9: Can We Understand Dark Energy?; Chapter 10: Astrophysical Black Holes in the Physical Universe; Chapter 11: Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays; Chapter 12: New Technologies for Radio Astronomy; Chapter 13: Advanced Optical Techniques in Astronomy; Chapter 14: Scientific Opportunities for 30-Meter-Class Optical Telescopes; Chapter 15: The Impact of Astronomy on Chinese Society in the Days before Telescopes; Chapter 16: The Impact of the Telescope in the West, 1608-1802; Chapter 17: The Impact of the Telescope on Astronomy and Society in China Chapter 18: Exoplanet Atmospheres and the Search for BiosignaturesChapter 19: What New Telescopes Can Tell Us about "Other Worlds"; Chapter 20: Multiverse Cosmology; Chapter 21: Universe or Multiverse?; Chapter 22: Cosmos and Humanity in Traditional Chinese Thought; Chapter 23: Laws of Nature, Moral Order, and the Intelligibility of the Cosmos; Chapter 24: Why Are the Laws of Nature as They Are? What Underlies Their Existence?; Appendix: The New Vision 400 Conference; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910800092503321 |
| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott
| A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
| Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
| ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554222803321 |
Tyson Neil deGrasse
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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