Night vision: exploring the infrared universe

"Drawing on exciting discoveries of the last forty years, Night Vision explores how infrared astronomy, an essential tool for modern astrophysics and cosmology, helps astronomers reveal our Universe's most fascinating phenomena - from the birth of stars in dense clouds of gas to black hole...

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Main Author: Rowan-Robinson, Michael 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2013
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"Drawing on exciting discoveries of the last forty years, Night Vision explores how infrared astronomy, an essential tool for modern astrophysics and cosmology, helps astronomers reveal our Universe's most fascinating phenomena - from the birth of stars in dense clouds of gas to black holes and distant colliding galaxies and the traffic of interstellar dust from the formation of our Solar System. While surveying the progress in infrared observation, astronomer Michael Rowan-Robinson introduces readers to the pioneering scientists and engineers who painstakingly developed infrared astronomy over the past two hundred years. Accessible and well illustrated, this comprehensive volume is written for the interested science reader, amateur astronomer or university student, while researchers in astronomy and the history of science will find Rowan-Robinson's detailed notes and references a valuable resource"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-245) and indexes
Physical Description:X, 251, [16] S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm
ISBN:9781107024762

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