UID:
almahu_9948027284102882
Format:
1 online resource (various pagings) :
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illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
9781643270043
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9781643270029
Series Statement:
[IOP release 5]
Content:
Prior to the 1920s it was generally thought, with a few exceptions, that our galaxy, the Milky Way, was the entire Universe. Based on the work of Henrietta Leavitt with Cepheid variables, astronomer Edwin Hubble was able to determine that the Andromeda Galaxy and others had to lie outside our own. Moreover, based on the work of Vesto Slipher, involving the redshifts of these galaxies, Hubble was able to determine that the Universe was not static, as had been previously thought, but expanding.
Note:
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.
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"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
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part I. Introduction. 1. Historical background -- 2. Brief history of the Universe -- 3. Let there be light -- 3.1. Light magnitude
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4. Stars -- 4.1. Clusters -- 4.2. Stellar evolution
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5. Galaxy formation -- 5.1. Galaxy classes -- 5.2. Galaxy clusters -- 5.3. Black holes -- 5.4. Quasars
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6. Measuring the Universe -- 6.1. Parallax distance -- 6.2. Cepheids -- 6.3. Type IA supernovae -- 6.4. Tip of the red giant branch -- 6.5. Hubble and his Constant -- 6.6. Dark matter and dark energy
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part II. Galaxies. 7. Galaxies.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781643270012
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1088/978-1-64327-004-3
URL:
http://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-1-64327-004-3
