The galaxies of the Local Group
By: Sidney van den Bergh.
Series: Cambridge astrophysics series ;; 35
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Local Group (Astronomy)
Description: "Professor van den Bergh provides in this book a masterful summary of all that is known about the galaxies of the Local Group and their evolution, and he expertly places this knowledge in the wider context of on-going studies of galaxy formation and evolution, the cosmic distance scale, and the conditions in the early Universe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-323) and index.