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

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TextSeries: Royal Society series on advances in science ; v. 1.Publication details: London : Imperial College Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 417 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1860947131
9781860947131
9781860945779
1860945775

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Advances in astronomy.DDC classification:

523.1 22

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QB991.B54 A38 2005eb

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Contents:

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

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.

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"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)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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.

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