Measuring the Universe: The Cosmological Distance Ladder

by Stephen Webb

Book Overview

Distance determination - finding out how far away different astronomical objects are - is an essential and currently highly topical subject in astronomy. A great deal of progress has been made during the last part of the 20th century. Measuring the Universe provides a unified treatment of the various techniques used for distance determination. It begins by describing methods to measure distances on Earth then gradually climbs the "distance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852331062
• ISBN13: 9781852331061
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"