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Mapping the heavens : the radical scientific ideas that reveal the cosmos / Priyamvada Natarajan.
LIBRA QB981 .N337 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Natarajan, Priyamvada, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology--History.
- Cosmology.
- History.
- Astronomical Phenomena.
- Extraterrestrial Environment.
- Medical Subjects:
- Astronomical Phenomena.
- Extraterrestrial Environment.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Preface
- Early cosmic maps
- The growing border : the universe expands
- The dark center : black holes become real
- The invisible grid : coping with dark matter
- The changing scale : the accelerating universe
- The next wrinkle : the discovery of cosmic background radiation
- The new reality and the quest for other worlds
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300204414
- 0300204418
- OCLC:
- 923562187
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