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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Road to Galaxy Formation
  name:
    name part: Keel, William C.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2007
    edition: Second Edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXII, 262 p. online resource.
  abstract: The formation of galaxies is one of the greatest puzzles in astronomy, the solution is shrouded in the depths of space and time, but has profound implications for the universe we observe today. The book discusses the beginnings of the process from cosmological observations and calculations, considers the broad features of galaxies that we need to explain and what we know of their later history. The author compares the competing theories for galaxy formation and considers the progress expected from new generations of powerful telescopes both on earth and in space. In this second edition the author has retained the observationally-based approach of the first edition, a feature which was particularly well-reviewed: Writing in Nature, Carlton Baugh noted in February 2003 that “It is refreshing, in a market dominated by theorists, to come across a book on galaxy formation written from an observational perspective. The Road to Galaxy Formation should prove to be a handy primer on observations for graduate students, advanced undergraduates and theorists who feel too shy to visit a telescope”. The New Scientist wrote in March 2003: “William Keel delicately balances observational evidence against today's relevant theoretical possibilities”. And Sepehr Arbabi-Bidgoli wrote in Astronomische Nachrichten that “Reading this book I often felt like sitting in an exciting and entertaining lecture given by an astronomer who knows the subject and knows how to present it to the audience”. A Bibliography at the end of each chapter contains a resumé of books, selected research papers and Web resources providing guidance to further reading.
  table of contents: A cosmological cartoon -- Galaxies today -- The fossil record in nearby galaxies -- Measuring galaxies -- Galaxy evolution -- The intergalactic medium -- The initial conditions before galaxy formation -- Active galactic nuclei in the early universe -- Approaching the Dark Ages -- The processes of galaxy formation -- Forward to the past—what can new eyes expect to see?.
  note: by William C. Keel.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Gravitation
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
  classification: QB1-991
  classification: QB460-466
  classification: QB980-991
  classification: 520
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Springer Praxis Books
  identifier: 9783540725350
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72535-0
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204190445.0
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