Description
Take a journey through galaxies and the evolving star system from the big bang to time’s end. This book pieces together information about complicated systems of stars and dust known to us as galaxies.
From the beginning, galaxies appeared to form from violently disturbed objects and evolved through processes of accretion. The Milky Way, which includes the sun and our solar system, is included in this type of formation.
Contributions from many famous astronomers, including Charles Messier, Edwin Hubble, and many more, detail the research that has brought us to the understanding we have of the universe today.
Author: William Sheehan & Christopher J. Conselice
Size: 8.3" x 11"
Pages: 385
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Setting the Scene
2. Catchpole of the Nebulae
3. “I Have Looked Farther”
4. Chimneys and Tubules of the Galaxy
5. Of Leviathans, Spirals, and Fire-Mists
6. The Various Twine of Light
7. Fields of Glory
8. What Stuff Stars Are Made Of
9. The Nebula is Leaving the Solar System
10. The “Galactocentric” Revolution
11. From Olympus
12. W.W. Morgan and the Discovery of the Spiral Arms of the Milky Way
13. To Forge a Galaxy
14. Over to the Dark Side: Dark Matter, Black Holes, and the Origin of the Universe
15. Dark Energy
16. Afterglows
Author Index
Subject Index