The First Galaxies in the Universe

by Steven R. Furlanetto, Abraham Loeb, Avi Loeb

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant universe during its first billion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691144915
• ISBN13: 9780691144917
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 560 Pages