Measuring the cosmos : how scientists discovered the dimensions of the universe
著者
書誌事項
Measuring the cosmos : how scientists discovered the dimensions of the universe
Rutgers University Press, c2004
- : hardcover
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全1件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The skies have inspired reflection on the vastness of space, the wonder of creation, and humankind's role in the universe. In just over 100 years, science has moved from almost total ignorance about the actual distances to the stars and earth's place in the galaxy to contemporary knowledge about the enormous size, mass and the age of the universe. We are reaching the limits of observation, and therefore the limits of human understanding. Beyond lies only imagination, seeded by the theories of physics. Here, science writers David and Matthew Clark tell the stories of both well-known and the unsung heroes who played key roles in these discoveries. These true accounts reveal ambitions, conflicts, failures, as well as successes, as the scale and age of the universe were finally established. Few areas of scientific research have witnessed such drama in the form of geo clashes, priority claims, or failed (or even falsified) theories as that resulting from attempts to measure the universe.
「Nielsen BookData」 より