:the thrill of extragalactic exploration as told by leading experts
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by S. Alan Stern
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge UK ;New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 152 p., [12] p. of plates , ill. (some col.) , 26 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Mapmaker, mapmaker make me a map: probing the universe's large-scale structure / John Huchra -- Looking back in time: searching for the most distant galaxies / Esther Hu -- So we've lost the mission? The Big Bang and the cosmic background explorer / John Mather -- Computational adventures in cosmology / Nick Gnedin -- The search for very massive black holes / Doug Richstone -- Gamma-ray bursts: the most spectacular fireworks / Bohdan Paczyanski -- Clusters of galaxies and the fate of the universe (or how to be a cosmologist without really trying) / Megan Donahue -- Dark matter and the discovery of galactic halos / Jeremiah Ostriker -- Hunting the elusive invisible galaxy / Gregory Bothun.