Morphological Astronomy
Man has a great tendency to get lost or to hide, as the case may be, in a jungle of details and in unnecessary complications. Why do anything simply if you can do it complicated? And still, life itself presents a sufficient number of problems to keep us busy. There would seem to be no need to create...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1957, 1957
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Table of Contents:
- 17. Review of the Observations on the Clusters of Galaxies in Coma, Cancer and Pegasus
- 18. Irregular Clusters of Galaxies
- 19. Isopleths of Nebular Distribution
- III: The Large Scale Distribution of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies
- 20. Past and Present Views
- 21. Cluster Cells
- 22. The Field of the Coma Cluster
- 23. The Field of the Pegasus Cluster
- 24. The Field of the Corona Borealis Cluster
- 25. Various Statistical Methods in the Field of Dimensionless Morphology. Contagion
- 26. Comparison of the Observed and of the Random Distribution Curves of Galaxies
- 27. Intergalactic Obscuration
- 28. Counts of Galaxies in Depth and in Width
- 29. Counts of Galaxies in Dependence upon Apparent Magnitude
- IV: Kinematic and Dynamic Characteristics of the Large Scale Aggregates of Matter
- 30. The Velocities of Galaxies
- 31. Some Basic Problems Relating to the Universal Redshift
- 32. Elements of a Theory of the Large Scale Distribution of Matter in the Universe
- 33. Dimensional Aspects of Large Scale Clustering
- 34. Hydrodynamical Concepts
- 35. Applications of the Virial Theorem to Clusters of Galaxies
- 36. Clusters of Galaxies and the Emden Gravitational Isothermal Gas Sphere
- 37. A Possible Universal Characteristic Central Density of Clusters of Galaxies
- 38. Relative Physical Characteristics of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies
- V: Dimensional and Dimensionless Morphology in Cosmology
- 39. Appraisal of Past Approaches to the Exploration of Extragalactic Space
- 40. Methodology of Cosmological Research
- 41. Distribution of Clusters of Galaxies and their Apparent Populations. Intergalactic Obscuration
- 42. The Frequency of Clusters of Galaxies as a Function of their Angular Diameters. Crucial Tests for the Theory of the Expanding Universe
- 43. The Total Space Occupied by the Large Clusters of Galaxies
- I: Morphological Research and Invention
- 1. Introductory Remarks
- 2. Random Intuition and Systematized Discovery, Research and Invention. Communicable Truth and Incommunicable Truth
- 3. The Formalism of Communicable Truth
- 4. The Method of Negation and Subsequent Construction
- 5. The Morphological Method of Analysis and Construction
- 6. Past Applications of the Morphological Method
- 7. Deficiencies which Aid the Morphological Method
- 8. The Record of the 18-inch Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
- 9. Specific Plans for a Morphological Approach to Astronomy
- II: Clouds and Clusters of Galaxies
- 10. The Known and the Unknown
- 11. The Large Scale Distribution of Matter in the Universe
- 12. The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
- 13. Excursion into the Theory of Probabilities
- 14. Continuation of the Discussion on the Coma Cluster
- 15. The Cancer Cluster of Galaxies
- 16. The Pegasus Cluster of Galaxies
- 60. Astrophysical Theories
- 61. Material Reconstruction of Parts of the Universe
- 62. Sociological Problems
- VIII: The Morphological Method and a priori Knowledge. The Magic Numbers
- 63. Philosophy and Communicable Truth
- 64. The Irreducible Foundations of Communicable Truth
- 65. Some Specific Problems
- 66. Outstanding Transcendental Numbers
- 67. The Dimensionalities used in Physics
- 68. Why is Space Three-Dimensional?
- 69. Other Magic Numbers
- 70. The Nature of the Physical Laws
- Epilogue
- Namelndex
- 44. The Luminosity Function of Cluster Galaxies
- 45. Preliminary Test of the Theory of a Flat Expanding Universe
- 46. The Morphological Approach Toward the Determination of Absolute Dimensions and of Absolute Physical Characteristics of Very Remote Objects
- 47. Remarks on the Morphology of Possible Cosmological Theories
- 48. The Einstein Redshift
- 49. The Gravitational Drag of Light
- VI: Morphological Features of Individual Galaxies
- 50. References to the History of the Subject
- 51. Program for the Investigation of Individual Galaxies by the Methods of Dimensionless Morphology
- 52. The Kinematic and Dynamic Characteristics of Galaxies
- 53. The Masses of Galaxies
- 54. Galaxies as Gravitational Lenses
- 55. The Luminosity Function of Galaxies
- 56. Multiple Galaxies and Intergalactic Matter
- VII: Morphological Astronomical Kaleidoscope
- 57. General Remarks
- 58. Observations Made and Planned
- 59. Experimentation with Celestial Objects