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Measuring the Universe: The Cosmological Distance Ladder (Springer Praxis Books) - Softcover

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Webb, Stephen

 
9781852331061: Measuring the Universe: The Cosmological Distance Ladder (Springer Praxis Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1852331062 ISBN 13: 9781852331061
Verlag: Springer, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Distance determination - finding out how far away different astronomical objects are - is an essential and currently highly topical subject in astronomy. A great deal of progress has been made during the last part of the 20th century. Measuring the Universe provides a unified treatment of the various techniques used for distance determination. It begins by describing methods to measure distances on Earth then gradually climbs the "distance ladder" to enable us to estimate the distance to the farthest objects, ending with a discussion of particle horizons within an expanding and inflationary universe. Aimed at first-year undergraduates of astronomy and astrophysics, the book emphasises general physical principles rather than mathematical detail. The text is enhanced and complemented by the use of many worked examples, and questions and problem solving exercises at the end of each chapter.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Following a first-class honours degree in Physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester Stephen Webb has worked at a number of UK universities. In addition to shorter works, he has published twelve books - one of which won the SETI League award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize (now Royal Society Winton Prize) for best science book. He is active in outreach activities, having spoken at numerous international conferences, podcasts and radio shows, and his 2018 TED Talk has been viewed over 6 million times. He has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe (Springer, 1999) as well as several popular science books, among them New Eyes on the Universe (Springer, 2012) and the second edition of If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? (Springer, 2015).

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1852331062
ISBN 13 
9781852331061
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
360
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