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- Teaches the reader what the first stars and galaxies actually look like and how they could form
- Provides the latest observational findings on the search for the first stars and galaxies
- Explains the aims and goals of next-generation telescopes for astronomy
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Universe (ASTRONOM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Prologue
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Front Matter
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The Emergence of Galaxies
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Front Matter
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The Search for the Cosmic Dawn
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
George Rhee
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cosmic Dawn
Book Subtitle: The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies
Authors: George Rhee
Series Title: Astronomers' Universe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7813-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-7812-6
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7813-3
Series ISSN: 1614-659X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6651
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 279
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy, Cultural Heritage