How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?

by Abraham Loeb and Avi Loeb

Book Overview

A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe

Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, and this book couldn't...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145164
• ISBN13: 9780691145167
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"