Jean-René Roy

Unveiling Galaxies

The Role of Images in Astronomical Discovery

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Produktbeschreibung

A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 177mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 783g
• ISBN-13: 9781108417013
• ISBN-10: 1108417019
• Artikelnr.: 48209287

Autorenporträt

Jean-René Roy is a retired astronomer who was a professor at Université Laval, Québec, from 1977 to 2000. Since then he has served as Deputy Director and Head of Science at the Gemini Observatory in Hawai'i and Chile and worked at the Large Facilities Office of the National Science Foundation and finally at the Space Telescope Science Institute. He has done research on the Sun, the interstellar medium, and the evolution of gas-rich galaxies. A new edition of his previous book, A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy, was published in 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Images and the Cosmos: 1. Viewing heavenly mist
2. Portraying cosmic whirlpools
3. Taking celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of Galaxies
4. Picturing 'nebulae' for the mind
Part II. Images as Galaxy Discovery Engines: 5. The one-thousand years journey
6. Galaxies in focus
7. A symphony of waves
8. Imaging the invisible
Part III. Organizing the World of Galaxies: 9. The Galaxy classification play-off
10. Atlases of Galaxies, picturing island-universes
11. Galaxy Atlases viewed by their users
Conclusion.