Galaxies and Cosmology

by Patrick Boissé, Alain Blanchard, Françoise Combes, et al.

Book Overview

Unique in its breadth of coverage and level of presentation, this textbook provides more on the nature of galaxies, extragalactic objects, the large-scale structure of the Universe, and cosmology than is available in general textbooks on astronomy. It remains, however, accessible to advanced undergraduate students. One or more chapters are devoted to each of the following: the classification and morphology of galaxies; the galactic interstellar medium;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540589333
• ISBN13: 9783540589334
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"