When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn

by Richard S Ellis and Richard S. Ellis

One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlight

Astronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age. When Galaxies Were Born is Richard Ellis's firsthand account of how a pioneering generation of scientists harnessed the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691211302
• ISBN13: 9780691211305
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"