The cosmic microwave background
Subtitle: how it changed our understanding of the universe
By: Rhodri Evans
Series: Astronomers' universe; Astronomers' universe
Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9783319099279; 9783319099286
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmology; Cosmic background radiation; History
Description: "Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn's Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow's early work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its subsequent discovery by Penzias and Wilson, to modern day satellite-lead CMB research. Research results from the ground-based experiments DASI, BOOMERANG, and satellite missions COBE, WMAP and Planck are explained and interpreted to show how our current picture of the universe was arrived at, and the author looks at the future of CMB research and what we still need to learn." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.