Shrouds of the Night Masks of the Milky Way and Our Awesome New View of Galaxies /

• Main Authors: Block, David L. (Author), Freeman, Kenneth C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Photography.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

The Milky Way has captivated the mind of multitudes ever since the beginning of time. Particularly striking are its apparent dusty gaping voids. With the advent of near-infrared technology, astronomers have discovered an awesome new view of its structure, and of the structure of other galaxies aroun...

Table of Contents:

• The Grand Stage Before Us: “The Sidereal Messenger”
• Cosmic Masks: Shrouds of the Night
• Detectives in Chile
• Chemical Factories Smaller than a Snowflake
• From Seeds to Stars: The Art and Science of Classification
• The Dawning of the Photographic Era
• John Reynolds: Morphologist Extraordinaire
• The Dust Penetrated Universe: Hidden Symmetries
• The Grand Bow
• Penetrating the Mask of Time
• Eyes to the Future: Where Eagles Soar
• Planets Orbiting other Stars
• The Insignificance of Man?
• The Mind of God
• Scholium.