New Eyes on the Universe Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Webb, Stephen (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Today's scientists have at their command a wide range of sensitive and powerful instruments, not only those that capture electromagnetic radiation but also 'telescopes' for cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves, and dark matter. Using the vast amount of observational data produc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The oldest light in the Universe
• Chapter 3: Through a glass, darkly
• Chapter 4: A problem of some gravity
• Chapter 5: Where God divides by zero
• Chapter 6: The "Oh my God" particles
• Chapter 7: Deep sea, deep snow...deep space
• Chapter 8: Far as human eye can see
• Chapter 9: A new messenger from the cosmos
• Chapter 10: The cosmic-wide web
• Chapter 11: Nurseries in space
• Chapter 12: Other Earths
• Chapter 13: Listening out for life
• Glossary of terms
• Glossary of facilities and experiments
• Bibliography
• Index.