Milky Way
An Insider's Guide
(Sprache: Englisch)
William Waller vividly describes the Milky Way as it appears in the night sky, acquainting readers with its key components and telling the history of our changing galactic perceptions. The ancients believed the Milky Way was a home for the gods. Today we...
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William Waller vividly describes the Milky Way as it appears in the night sky, acquainting readers with its key components and telling the history of our changing galactic perceptions. The ancients believed the Milky Way was a home for the gods. Today we know it is but one galaxy among billions of others in the observable universe. Within the Milky Way, ground-based and space-borne telescopes have revealed that our Solar System is not alone. Hundreds of other planetary systems share our tiny part of the vast Galaxy. We reside within a galactic ecosystem that is driven by the theatrics of the most massive stars as they blaze through their brilliant lives and dramatic deaths. Similarly effervescent ecosystems of hot young stars and fluorescing nebulae delineate the graceful spiral arms in our Galaxy's swirling disk. Beyond the disk, the spheroidal halo hosts the ponderous--and still mysterious--dark matter that outweighs everything else. Another dark mystery lurks deep in the heartof the Milky Way, where a supermassive black hole has produced bizarre phenomena seen at multiple wavelengths.
Autoren-Porträt von William H. Waller
William H. Waller is an astronomer, science educator, and writer. He lives with his family in Rockport, Massachusetts, where he can still see the Milky Way on dark moonless nights.
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- Autor: William H. Waller
- 2017, 336 Seiten, 32 farbige Abbildungen, 44 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 14,6 x 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691178356
- ISBN-13: 9780691178356
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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