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Author Natarajan, Priyamvada, author.

Title Mapping the heavens : the radical scientific ideas that reveal the cosmos / Priyamvada Natarajan.

Publisher New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2016.
©2016

ISBN 9780300204414 (hardcover)
0300204418 (hardcover)



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Description xvi, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), tables, charts, graphs ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.
Summary For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe.
Contents Preface -- Early cosmic maps -- The growing border: the universe expands -- The dark center: black holes become real -- The invisible grid: coping with dark matter -- The changing scale: the accelerating universe -- The next wrinkle: the discovery of cosmic background radiation -- The new reality and the quest for other worlds -- Epilogue.
Subject(S) Cosmology -- History.
ISBN 9780300204414 (hardcover)
0300204418 (hardcover)