Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 204 p. 94 illus., 64 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9783319099286
Series Statement:
Astronomers' Universe
Content:
Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn’s Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow’s early work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its subsequent discovery by Penzias and Wilson, to modern day satellite-lead CMB research. Research results from the ground-based experiments DASI, BOOMERANG, and satellite missions COBE, WMAP and Planck are explained and interpreted to show how our current picture of the universe was arrived at, and the author looks at the future of CMB research and what we still need to learn. This account is enlivened by Dr Rhodri Evans' personal connections to the characters and places in the story
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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From Kapteyn to HubbleGeorge Gamow, Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman -- Penzias and Wilson and Dicke et al -- COBE -- DASI and BOOMERANG and other ground-based experiments -- WMAP -- Planck -- The Future.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319099279
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Evans, Rhodri, 1972 - The cosmic microwave background Cham : Springer, 2015 ISBN 9783319099279
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Universum
;
Geschichte
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-09928-6
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