Structure Formation in the Universe: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Structure Formation in the Universe Cambridge, U.K. 26 July – 6 August 1999
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Main Author: Crittenden, Robert G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2001
Series:NATO Science Series C: (closed) 565
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:This book contains a series of lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) "Structure Formation in the Universe", held at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge in August, 1999. The ASI was held at a critical juncture in the development of physical cosmology, when a flood of new data concerning the large scale structure of the Universe was just be­ coming available. There was an air of excitement and anticipation: would the standard theories fit the data, or would new ideas and models be re­ quired? Cosmology has long been a field of common interest between East and West, with many seminal contributions made by scientists working in the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc. A major aim of the ASI was to bring together scientists from across the world to discuss exciting recent developments and strengthen links. However, a few months before the meeting it appeared that it might have to be cancelled. The war in the former Yugoslavia escalated and NATO began a protracted bombing cam­ paign against targets in Kosovo and Serbia. Many scientists felt uneasy about participating in a NATO-funded meeting in this situation. After a great deal of discussion, it was agreed that the developing East­ West conflict only heightened the need for further communication and that the school should go ahead as planned, but with a special session devoted to discussion of the legitimacy of NATO's actions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 382 p)
ISBN:9789401005401
9781402001550
ISSN:1389-2185
DOI:10.1007/978-94-010-0540-1

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