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Widely expanded second edition of this leading astronomy textbook now incorporates some of the most spectacular results from new observatories like the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Herschel, ALMA, WMAP and Planck
Provides an up-to-date coverage of all major results in observational cosmology lending impressive support for the standard model of the Universe
Highly attractive and informative through lavish use of color figures
Now with problems and solutions
Written by Peter Schneider, a specialist in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology and proven textbook author
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution in the Universe. After an extensive and thorough introduction to modern observational and theoretical cosmology, the focus turns to the formation of structures and astronomical objects in the early Universe. The basics of classical astronomy and stellar astrophysics needed for extragalactic astronomy are provided in the appendix.
While this book has grown out of introductory university courses on astronomy and astrophysics and includes a set of problems and solutions, it will not only benefit undergraduate students and lecturers; thanks to the comprehensive coverage of the field, even graduate students and researchers specializing in related fields will appreciate it as a valuable reference work.
Reviews
“Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology is a textbook about what and how we know or hypothesise about the Universe and our Galaxy. The book starts out with a short overview of all the strange and wonderful astronomical objects and cosmological ideas that we face in modern science. I enjoyed most the depth and abundance of details provided in the book.” (AstroMadness.com, May, 2017)
“An obvious difference from many other roughly similar books is the large number of illustrations, many in colour. … I recommend the book both to students and to those who work in fields other than those covered by the book … . It is up to date, quite detailed for an introduction, and the numerous figures with references are particularly useful as jumping-off points to the original literature.” (Phillip Helbig, The Observatory, April, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Peter Schneider
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Peter Schneider
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54083-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-54082-0Published: 24 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50060-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-54083-7Published: 08 October 2014
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 626
Number of Illustrations: 191 b/w illustrations, 323 illustrations in colour