Advances in astronomy : from the big bang to the solar system / editor, J.M.T. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, J. M. T.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Series:

Royal Society series on advances in science ; v. 1.

Royal Society series on advances in science ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They describe some of their own cutting-edge research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, the articles are mainly derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in special issues of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal. Carefully selected by the journal's editor, topics include the Big Bang creation of t

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; CONTENTS; Cosmology and the Big Bang; Probing the Universe; Stars and Conditions for Life; Solar System and Climate Change; Index

Notes:

"Derived in part from work originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series A, (Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 360, 2649-3004, 2002)."--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

ISBN:

9786611867065

9781281867063

1281867063

9781860947131

1860947131

OCLC:

476063143