Galactic Encounters Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End /

• Main Authors: Sheehan, William (Author), Conselice, Christopher J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Written 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...