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Light from the Depths of Time

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Rudolf Kippenhahn

    1. Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 1-5

  3. Anatomy of the Milky Way

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 6-24

  4. Light

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 25-45

  5. Speeding Up the Milky Way

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 46-60

  6. Plumbing the Depths of the Milky Way

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 61-78

  7. The Island Universe Debate

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 79-92

  8. The Universe Is Expanding

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 93-111

  9. The Big Bang in Flatland

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 112-130

  10. Expansion and Gravity

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 131-153

  11. The Realm of the Nebulae

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 154-172

  12. The Radio Sky

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 173-193

  13. The Mysterious Quasars

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 194-216

  14. ... and There Was Light

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 217-239

  15. The Intelligent Universe

    • Rudolf Kippenhahn
    Pages 240-253

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 254-262
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About this book

Although this book has been available for some time, it is only now appearing in an English edition. This gives me the opportunity of adding a few explanations. I have not struggled to include the very latest, tentative results. I have, instead, concentrated on presenting cosmological ideas to interested non­ experts. They often encounter considerable difficulties when attempts are made to explain even long-established results in this field, so the aim of this book is to provide them with help. Naturally, I have also tried to include modern findings. To help with the explanation I have made use of the fictitious inhabi­ tants of Flatland, occasional historical digressions, and the dreams of Herr Meyer. Incidentally, I chose this name, which is very common in German­ speaking countries, to suggest an average citizen, just like the man next door. I should like to thank Springer-Verlag for deciding to publish this book in the language in which many of the discoveries described here were first formulated. I also thank my translator, Mr Storm Dunlop. Finally I thank Hanna Tettenborn for compiling the index.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Rudolf Kippenhahn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Light from the Depths of Time

  • Authors: Rudolf Kippenhahn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95508-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-17119-5Published: 01 December 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-95508-2Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 262

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Deutsche Verlags- Anstalt 1984

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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