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Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data

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  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. M. S. Longair

    1. Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, England

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Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (IAUS, volume 63)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. The Contemporary Structure and Dynamics of the Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Observational Foundations for Assumptions in Cosmology

      • MichaÅ‚ Heller, Zbigniew Klimek, Konrad Rudnicki
      Pages 3-11

    3. Intergalactic Gas

      • George B. Field
      Pages 13-30

    4. Confrontation of Lemaître Models and the Cosmological Constant with Observations

      • Vahé Petrosian
      Pages 31-46

    5. The Hubble Constant and the Deceleration Parameter

      • G. A. Tammann
      Pages 47-59

    6. Evidence for Non-Velocity Redshifts

      • Halton Arp
      Pages 61-67

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 69-75
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  4. The Structure of the Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Superclustering of Galaxies

      • G. O. Abell
      Pages 79-92

    3. The Counts of Radio Sources

      • M. S. Longair
      Pages 93-109

    4. Radio Source Counts at Centimetre Wavelengths

      • I. I. K. Pauliny-Toth, K. I. Kellermann
      Pages 111-119

    5. Observational Foundations of Inhomogeneous Universe

      • P. Flin, J. Machalski, J. Maslowski, M. Urbanik, A. Zieba, S. Zieba
      Pages 121-128

    6. Field Galaxies and Cluster Galaxies: Abundances of Morphological Types and Corresponding Luminosity Functions

      • Jerzy Neyman, Elizabeth L. Scott
      Pages 129-140
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, England

    M. S. Longair

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data

  • Editors: M. S. Longair

  • Series Title: International Astronomical Union Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2220-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The International Astronomical Union 1974

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0456-6Due: 30 September 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0457-3Published: 30 September 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2220-0Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1743-9213

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2186

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 393

  • Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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