Abraham Loeb, Steven R Furlanetto

The First Galaxies in the Universe

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Produktbeschreibung

"Loeb and Furlanetto are highly respected theorists with international reputations, and together they make a perfect team. They have picked a timely moment to introduce this frontier topic to graduate students with a carefully crafted text such as this one. The First Galaxies in the Universe is self-contained, admirably complete, and remarkably up to date." --Richard Ellis, California Institute of Technology "Loeb and Furlanetto have produced a marvelous text. The coverage is comprehensive, the selection of figures and illustrations is very judicious, and whenever key concepts are introduced, the authors explain them using simplified back-of-the-envelope derivations. The First Galaxies in the Universe will be peerless for quite a while, and will inspire young people to enter this exciting field at a time when the pace of discovery is heating up."--Volker Bromm, University of Texas, Austin

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 152mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 1049g
• ISBN-13: 9780691144917
• ISBN-10: 0691144915
• Artikelnr.: 35941629

Autorenporträt

Abraham Loeb is Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, chair of the Astronomy Department, and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at Harvard University. Loeb is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? (Princeton). Steven R. Furlanetto is associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles.