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- Provides an overview of the most important issues still to be resolved in astronomy and cosmology
- Introduces a wide range of observatories, including instruments for capturing more exotic kinds of electromagnetic radiation
- Explains how ‘telescopes’ function for cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves, and dark matter
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Popular Astronomy (POPULAR)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book discusses twelve areas of active astronomical research, ranging from the nature of dark energy to the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial civilizations, and devotes one chapter to each topic. Although astronomers tackle each of these questions using information gleaned from all possible wavelengths and sources (and this is emphasized throughout the book), in this work the author dedicates each chapter to a particular observational method. One chapter covers X-ray telescopes for investigating black holes, while another uses infrared telescopes to learn more about planetary information.
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From the reviews:
“‘New Eyes on the Universe’ shows that there is plenty more research subjects in astronomy and cosmology, that we are just beginning to find out more about. … Overall this book also introduces astronomical research in almost all wavelengths … and the telescopes that are only just new being built or will be in the future. It is definitely a book that might inspire young readers to go into astronomy.” (Kadri Tinn, AstroMadness.com, February, 2014)
“Explains in an engaging, nonmathematical way how this new generation of ‘telescopes’ is being used to attack a dozen of the ‘cream of the crop’ astronomical puzzles of current times--and why they are so important. … Liberal use of everyday analogies makes even the more difficult material easy to understand. The book is also something of a tour guide to many of the facilities, observatories, and spacecraft at the forefront of astronomy. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Students of all levels and general readers.”(T. D. Oswalt, Choice, Vol. 50 (3), November, 2012)Authors and Affiliations
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DCQE, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Stephen Webb
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Eyes on the Universe
Book Subtitle: Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them
Authors: Stephen Webb
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2194-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2193-1Published: 23 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-2194-8Published: 19 May 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 371
Number of Illustrations: 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy