Title: At the edge of the universe /
Authors: Wright, Alan, 1943-; Wright, Hilary, 1942-
Publisher: E. Horwood ; Halsted Press,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Cosmology.; Astronomy Technique.; Cosmology.
Contents: In the beginning -- The cosmic doorstep -- Tools of the trade -- How far? -- Everywhere and all around -- Relatively speaking -- From Herschel to Hubble -- The shift to the red -- The shape of space -- The dark sky problem -- The first quasars -- Atoms, spectra and quasars -- An absorbing problem -- What are the quasars? -- The central engine -- Long ago and far away? -- The glow from the edge.