Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, from the Big Bang to Time's End

by William Sheehan

Book Overview

Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about the vast and complicated systems of stars and dust known as galaxies.

The first galaxies appeared as violently disturbed exotic objects when the Universe was only a few 100 million years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387853464
• ISBN13: 9780387853468
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"