Rhodri Evans: The Cosmic Microwave Background

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Beschreibung

Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn¿s Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow¿s early work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its subsequent discovery by Penzias and Wilson, to modern day satellite-lead CMB research. Research results from the ground-based experiments DASI, BOOMERANG, and satellite missions COBE, WMAP and Planck are explained and interpreted to show how our current picture of the universe was arrived at, and the author looks at the future of CMB research and what we still need to learn.
This account is enlivened by Dr Rhodri Evans' personal connections to the characters and places in the story.

Über den Autor

Rhodri Evans is an experienced and enthusiastic science communicator. He appears regularly on the BBC talking about Astronomy and Physics and has also been on US radio and TV. He is a research fellow at Cardiff University and lectures on Physics and Astrophysics. And he is the only UK based astronomer involved in SOFIA - the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy.

Zusammenfassung

Cosmology explained by an enthusiastic and experienced science communicator

Combines the latest science results with the history of cosmology since the early 20th century

Explains the observational results obtained with both ground based and space based instruments

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From Kapteyn to Hubble.- George Gamow, Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman.- Penzias and Wilson and Dicke et al.- COBE.- DASI and BOOMERANG and other ground-based experiments.- WMAP.- Planck.- The Future.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	x 204 S. 30 s/w Illustr. 64 farbige Illustr. 204 p. 94 illus. 64 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319099279
ISBN-10:	3319099272
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	86356834
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Evans, Rhodri
Hersteller:	Springer Nature Switzerland Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Rhodri Evans
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.12.2014
Gewicht:	0,335 kg

Artikel-ID: 105210368