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The cosmic web : mysterious architecture of the universe

Title
The cosmic web : mysterious architecture of the universe / J. Richard Gott.
Author
Gott, J. Richard.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

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Description
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
Semi-autobiographical discussion of astronomy and astronomers, and history of astronomy and cosmology.--
Subject
  • Gott, J. Richard
  • Astronomers > Biography
  • Astronomy > History
  • Cosmology
  • Kosmologie
  • Galaxienhaufen
  • Superhaufen
  • Dunkle Energie
  • Hintergrundstrahlung
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Hubble Discovers the Universe -- Zwicky, Clusters of Galaxies, and the Discovery of Dark Matter -- How Clusters Form and Grow - Meatballs in Space -- The Great Void in Boötes - A Swiss Cheese Universe -- Inflation -- A Cosmic Sponge -- A Slice of the Universe - the Great Wall of Geller and Huchra -- Park's Simulation of the Universe -- Measuring the Cosmic Web - the Sloan Great Wall -- Spots in the Cosmic Microwave Background -- Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe.
ISBN
  • 9780691157269 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 069115726X (hbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
  • 2015026434
  • 99969848959
  • 40025682432
OCLC
  • ocn908083997
  • 908083997
  • SCSB-5874650
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries