| Title | Galaxies in the Universe : An introduction |
| Author(s) | Linda S. Sparke;John S. Gallagher III |
| Edition | 2nd. (Acc.#21584) |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Description | A#16795 - viii, 379p.; A#ix, 431p. |
| Contents Note | Galaxies are the places where gas turns into luminous stars, powered by nuclear reactions that also produce most of the chemical elements. but the gas and stars are only the tip of an iceberg; a galaxy consists mostly of dark matter, which we know only by the pull of its gravity.
This book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early universe. The second edition is extensively illustrated with the most recent observational data. It includes sections on galaxy clusters. gamma ray bursts and supermassive black holes. |
| ISBN,Price | 0-521-59740-4 : SP 70.00 |
| Classification | 524.6
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
2. ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
3. GALAXIES - EARLY HISTORY
4. GALAXY
5. LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION - GALAXIES
6. LOCAL GROUP
7. MILKY WAY
8. PRE GALACTIC ERA
9. SPIRAL GALAXIES
10. STARS
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| Item Type | Book |