From the Realm of the Nebulae to Populations of Galaxies Dialogues on a Century of Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: D'Onofrio, Mauro (Editor), Rampazzo, Roberto (Editor), Zaggia, Simone (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 435
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

In order to outline possible future directions in galaxy research, this book wants to be a short stopover, a moment of self-reflection of the past century of achievements in this area. Since the pioneering years of galaxy research in the early 20th century, the research on galaxies has seen a relent...

Table of Contents:

• The Milky Way and the Local Group
• The manifold observations of galaxies
• The new boundary of the galaxy concept
• How do galaxies form and evolve?
• I did it my way!
• What lacks? Challenges in galaxy investigation
• Concluding remarks by the Editors.   .