Chasing Hubble's shadows : the search for galaxies at the edge of time / Jeff Kanipe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanipe, Jeff, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outer space--Exploration.

Outer space.

Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft).

Large astronomical telescopes.

Galaxies.

Physical Description:

ix, 205 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.

Summary:

The author presents an account of the continuing efforts of astronomers to probe the outermost limits of the observable universe with the telescopes that promise to yield clues to many cosmic puzzles, including the nature of the mysterious "dark energy" that is now believed to pervade all of space.

Contents:

Hunting for snarks

The race for the most distant galaxies

To the end of the beginning

Cosmic canvas

The egg before the chicken

It stinks, but it rocks

Keck : sailing across an unknown ocean

Peculiar universe

Distant reflections in a nearby universe

More of everything.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.

ISBN:

0809034069

OCLC:

58919484

Publisher Number:

9780809034062

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