Galaxy Formation

by Malcolm S. Longair

Book Overview

Accounting for the enormous and amazing development cosmology has made in the past ten years, the long awaited second edition of this highly appraised textbook has been extensively and thoroughly updated. It tells the story of modern astrophysical cosmology from the perspective of one of its most important and fundamental problems - how did the galaxies come about? The author uses this approach to introduce the whole of what may be called "classical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540734775
• ISBN13: 9783540734772
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 737 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"