description: Seventy-two papers (in English) from the first international meeting on galaxy formation to be held in Japan, at the U. of Tsukuba in July 2000. The papers cover a range of astrophysical topics, from a historical review of Big Bang cosmology to new methods and observations from state-of-the-art telescopes. Contributors represent observatories and universities in Japan, the US, Italy, Singapore, Germany, Denmark, Taiwan, and China. The volume has no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Physics of Galaxy Formation
titlecomplete: Physics of Galaxy Formation
publisher: Astronomical Society of the pacific