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100 1 $aWaller, William H.$q(William Howard),$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96034291
245 10 $aGalaxies and the cosmic frontier /$cWilliam H. Waller, Paul W. Hodge.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2003.
300 $aix, 317 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-282) and index.
505 00 $gI.$tA Galaxy Primer -- $g1.$tGalaxies and the Universe -- $g2.$tForm and Function -- $g3.$tGalactic Anatomy -- $g4.$tThe Missing Mass -- $g5.$tCreation and Evolution -- $gII.$tNearby Galaxies -- $g6.$tThe Milky Way -- $g7.$tThe Clouds of Magellan -- $g8.$tDwarfs of the Local Group -- $g9.$tThe Nearest Giants -- $g10.$tInteracting and Starbursting Galaxies -- $g11.$tThe Most Powerful Galaxies -- $gIII.$tOur Galaxian Universe -- $g12.$tGauging the Galaxies -- $g13.$tClusters and Superclusters, Filaments and Voids -- $g14.$tThe Expanding Cosmos -- $g15.$tScenarios of Origin -- $g16.$tThe Cosmic Frontier.
520 1 $a"This book acquaints readers with the nature of galaxies and of their lives over cosmic time, from their emergence shortly after the Hot Big Bang to their ongoing gyrations and transmutations." "Orienting us with an insider's tour of our cosmic home, the Milky Way, William Waller and Paul Hodge then take us on a journey, inviting us to probe the exquisite structures and motions of giant spiral and elliptical galaxies, to witness the transformative dramas of colliding and erupting galaxies, and to pay our respects to the most powerful galaxies of all - the quasars. Along the way, the authors elucidate the accumulating evidence for dark matter in and among galaxies and for dark energy as a critical arbiter of the expanding Universe. They then guide us farther out in space and back in time to the cosmic frontier, where incipient galaxies, the mysterious microwave background radiation, and the cosmic expansion itself manifest a primeval Universe that was radically different from what we know today. Featuring the latest observations and most compelling theories, this book provides a firm foundation for exploring the more speculative reaches of our current understanding."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGalaxies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052763
700 1 $aHodge, Paul W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50034624
852 00 $boff,sci$hQB857$i.W35 2003