Unveiling galaxies the role of images in astronomical discovery
Galaxies are known as the building blocks of the universe, but arriving at this understanding has been a thousand-year odyssey. This journey is told through the lens of the evolving use of images as investigative tools. Initial chapters explore how early insights developed in line with new methods o...
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Cambridge University Press
2018
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Images and the cosmos
- Viewing heavenly mist
- Portraying cosmic whirlpools
- Taking celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of galaxies
- Pioneering celestial photography
- The golden age of astrophotography
- Picturing "nebulae" for the mind
- Images as galaxy discovery engines
- The one-thousand years journey
- Galaxies in focus
- A symphony of waves
- Imaging the invisible
- Organizing the world of galaxies
- The galaxy classification play-off
- Atlases of galaxies, picturing island-universes
- Galaxy atlases viewed by their users
- Conclusion