Cosmic Dawn: The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies (Astronomers' Universe) - Softcover

Rhee, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146147812X ISBN 13: 9781461478126

Publisher: Springer, 2013

Synopsis

This book takes the reader on an exploration of the structure and evolution of our universe. The basis for our knowledge is the Big Bang theory of the expanding universe. This book then tells the story of our search for the first stars and galaxies using current and planned telescopes. These telescopes are marvels of technology far removed from Galileo's first telescope but continuing astronomy in his ground breaking spirit. We show the reader how these first stars and galaxies shaped the universe we see today. This story is one of the great scientific adventures of all time.

About this title

About the Author

George Rhee is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nevada. He published 37 peer reviewed articles and is a co-author of a Nature article published in 2010. The author is an active researcher in astronomy but also an experienced teacher and has given many science talks in his career for general audiences.

From the Back Cover

The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence over thirteen billion years ago. This book tells the story of our quest to solve this problem. Four hundred years after Galileo used his telescope to discover the moons of Jupiter, we are using new telescopes and instruments to search for the first galaxies to form after the Big Bang. This book brings the reader to the current frontier of this subject and lays out some of the exciting developments we can expect in the years to come.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 146147812X
• ISBN 13: 9781461478126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290