The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Schultz, David (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Σειρά: Astronomers' Universe,
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

The Andromeda Galaxy - Messier's M31 - has an almost romantic appeal. It is the most distant object and the only extragalactic object that is visible to the unaided human eye. It is also almost a twin of the Milky Way Galaxy and our neighbor in space, now known to be about 2.5 million light-yea...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: The Wonder of Andromeda Galaxy
• Chapter 2: Early Depictions of Andromeda
• Chapter 3: A Single Closed Theory of the Universe
• Chapter 4: Andromeda and the Technological Revolution in Astronomy
• Chapter 5: Andromeda and Astronomy at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
• Chapter 6: The Andromeda Nebula and the Great Island-Universe Debate
• Chapter 7: Edwin Hubble, an Infinite Universe, and the Classification of Galaxies
• Chapter 8: Andromeda, Galactic Redshift, and the Big Bang Theory
• Chapter 9: Andromeda, Cosmology, and Post-World War II Astronomy
• Chapter 10: Astronomy and Andromeda at the Close of the Twentieth Century
• Chapter 11: The Andromeda Galaxy
• References
• Andromeda Statistics
• Index.