Modern Astronomy Expanding The Universe
Buku ini diterbitkan Tahun 2006 oleh Chelsea House An imprint of Infobase Publishing, New York adalah buku edisi Pertama.
Judul: Modern Astronomy Expanding The Universe
Oleh: Lisa Yount
Penerbit: Chelsea House An imprint of Infobase Publishing, New York
Tahun: 2006
Jumlah Halaman: 225 hal.
Penulis:
Lisa Yount
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Lingkup Pembahasan:
Buku ini terdiri atas 10 Bab meliputi:
1 CAHAYA LEBIH: George Ellery Hale DAN TELESCOPES OPTIK BESAR
2 GALAKSI BERLIMPAH: EDWIN HUBBLE DAN MENGEMBANGKAN UNIVERSE
3 TELINGA BESAR: GROTE REBER DAN RADIO ASTRONOMI
4 FIREWORKS Cosmic: George Gamow DAN BIG BANG
5 orang di luar sana? FRANK DRAKE DAN Penelitian untuk kecerdasan Extraterrestrial
6 X-RAY SUPERMAN: Riccardo Giacconi DAN X-RAY ASTRONOMI
7 AN EYE DI RUANG: LYMAN Spitzer, JR, dan Teleskop luar angkasa Hubble.
8 THE INVISIBLE UNIVERSE: VERA Rubin DAN DARK MATERI
9 STARS LAIN, WORLDS LAIN: Geoffrey MARCY, PAUL BUTLER, DAN planet ekstrasolar
10 A "CREEPY" END? Saul Perlmutter, Brian SCHMIDT, DAN DARK ENERGI
Daftar Isi:
PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION xv
1 MORE LIGHT: GEORGE ELLERY HALE AND LARGE OPTICAL TELESCOPES 1
New Tools for Astronomy 2
Teen Astronomer 3
Student Inventor 4
Pioneer Astrophysicist 4
Thrilling Pieces of Glass 5
Building an Observatory 6
From Refractors to Reflectors 7
I Was There: A Near-Disaster 8
A Difficult Climb 10
Mount Wilson Develops 10
Sunspotting 12
Trends: Bigger and Better Telescopes 13
The Biggest Telescope of All 14
Chronology 15
Further Reading 17
2 GALAXIES GALORE: EDWIN HUBBLE AND THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE 19
Humble Beginnings 19
Mystery Clouds 20
From Battlefield to Mountaintop 21
An Island Universe 22
Classifying Galaxies 24
Solving Problems: Starry Yardsticks 24
Shifting Spectra 26
Other Scientists: Milton Humason 29
Runaway Universe 29
Astronomy Star 30
Chronology 31
Further Reading 33
3 BIG EARS: GROTE REBER AND RADIO ASTRONOMY 35
Invisible Light 36
Jansky’s Merry-Go-Round 37
Other Scientists: Karl Jansky 38
The First Radio Telescope 39
Maps of the Radio Sky 40
A Farsighted Prediction 41
Early Achievements 42
A Long-Lived Pioneer 42
Solving Problems: Interferometry and “Virtual Dishes” 44
Radio Telescopes Today 46
Chronology 47
Further Reading 49
4 COSMIC FIREWORKS: GEORGE GAMOW AND THE BIG BANG 52
Quantum Genius 53
From Atoms to Stars 54
Birth of the Elements 55
Competing Theories 58
A Testable Prediction 58
Other Scientists: Fred Hoyle 59
Echoes of the Big Bang 60
A Wide-Ranging Intellect 61
Parallels: Two Accidental Discoveries 62
Chronology 63
Further Reading 65
5 IS ANYONE OUT THERE? FRANK DRAKE AND THE SEARCH FOR
EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE 67
Dreaming of Intelligent Life 68
Searching for Radio Signals 69
Project Ozma 70
The Drake Equation 70
Establishing a Career 71
Issues: Are We Alone? 72
The Pioneer Plaque 73
More Messages to the Stars 74
Issues: Will Aliens Visit Earth? 75
From Golden Fleece to National Goal 76
Rising from the Ashes 77
Solving Problems: SETI@home 89
The Father of SETI 80
Chronology 82
Further Reading 84
6 X-RAY SUPERMAN: RICCARDO GIACCONI AND X-RAY ASTRONOMY 87
Tracking Rays from Space 88
A New Kind of Telescope 88
X-Ray Star 90
Uhuru 92
Unequal Partners 92
I Was There: The Launch of Uhuru 93
The First Black Holes 94
Einstein 96
Hard-Driving Manager 97
Chandra 98
Chronology 101
Further Reading 103
7 AN EYE IN SPACE: LYMAN SPITZER, JR., AND THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE 106
From Sonar to Stars 107
Pioneering Research 108
Impossible Dream? 109
Social Impact: Fusion Power 110
Progress in Space 111
Struggles for Support 112
A Disastrous Mistake 113
Solving Problems: Contact Lenses for a Telescope 114
Amazing Hubble 116
A Distinguished Career 118
Space Telescope Legacy 118
Chronology 119
Further Reading 121
8 THE INVISIBLE UNIVERSE: VERA RUBIN AND DARK MATTER 124
Window on the Stars 124
Circling Galaxies 126
A Lumpy Cosmos 127
Exploring the Outer Stars 128
A Surprise in Andromeda 129
Other Scientists: Margaret Burbidge 130
The Rubin-Ford Effect 131
Invisible Halos 133
Enormous Fun 134
Chronology 135
Further Reading 136
9 OTHER STARS, OTHER WORLDS: GEOFFREY MARCY, PAUL BUTLER, AND
EXTRASOLAR PLANETS 138
Planet-Hunting Dreams 139
An Inspiring Class 140
Watching for a Wobble 141
The First Exoplanets 142
A String of Spectacular Finds 143
Trends: Discovery of Extrasolar Planets 145
Strange Worlds 145
Future Planet Hunts 146
Connections: How Planets Form 148
Looking for a New Home 150
Chronology 151
Further Reading 153
10 A “CREEPY” END? SAUL PERLMUTTER, BRIAN SCHMIDT, AND DARK ENERGY 155
Exploding “Candles” 156
I Was There: A New Star 157
The Supernova Cosmology Project 158
The High-Z Supernova Search Team 160
Other Scientists: Robert Kirshner 161
Solving Problems: Batch Processing 162
Big Questions 163
Astounding Conclusions 164
New Picture of the Universe 166
Future Research 167
No Final Answers 169
Chronology 170
Further Reading 172
APPENDIXES 176
CHRONOLOGY OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SCIENCE 177
GLOSSARY 181
FURTHER RESOURCES 191
INDEX 197
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