Title: The Scientific American book of the cosmos /
Authors: Levy, David H., 1948-
Publisher: St. Martin's Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Cosmology.; Astronomy
Abstract: Examines our solar system and galaxy and other parts of the universe and describes our attempts to study and explore space.
Contents: Preface / by D.H. Levy -- Some pieces from history. The heavens declare the glory of God / by A.G. Ingalls -- On the generalized theory of gravitation / by A. Einstein -- What is matter? / by E. Schrödinger -- The birth of the universe. The evolution of the universe / by P.J.E. Peebles [and others] -- The evolution of galaxy clusters / by J.P. Henry, U.G. Briel, H. Böhringer -- The lives of quasars / by G. Cecil, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Veilleux -- Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe / by D.E. Osterbrock, J.A. Gwinn, R.S. Brashear -- The big bang and beyond : a century of modern cosmology / by L. Bernstein -- Galaxy formation. Galaxies behind the Milky Way / by R.C. Kraan-Korteweg, O. Lahav -- Colossal galactic explosions / by S. Veilleux, G. Cecil, J. Bland-Hawthorn -- Dark matter in the universe / by V. Rubin -- What's new in the Milky Way / by M.V. Magee -- The Milky Way. How the Milky Way formed / by S. van den Bergh, J.E. Hesser -- Black holes and the information paradox / by L. Susskind -- Collapse and formation of stars / by A.P. Boss -- Accretion disks in interacting binary stars / by J.K. Cannizzo, R.H. Kaitchuck.