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Cosmic odyssey : how intrepid astronomers at Palomar Observatory changed our view of the universe / Linda Schweizer.

By: Schweizer, Linda Younker [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] Description: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN: 9780262044295Subject(s): Palomar Observatory -- History | Astrophysics -- Research -- California -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: QB461 | .S3152 2020
Contents:
The promise -- Plumbing the depths of the universe -- Unraveling the mysteries of stellar evolution -- Milky Way archaeology -- Galactic violence : collisions and mergers -- Quasars : wolves in sheep's clothing -- Piercing the galactic "smog" -- Starbursts, superwinds, and supermassive black holes -- Probing the gaseous universe -- From ghosts to galaxies : the emergence of structure -- Solar system shuffle -- Astronomical exotica : new frontiers.
Summary: "Stories of 20th century astronomers working at the frontiers of astrophysics whose discoveries on the Palomar telescopes shattered and expanded our view of the universe"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The promise -- Plumbing the depths of the universe -- Unraveling the mysteries of stellar evolution -- Milky Way archaeology -- Galactic violence : collisions and mergers -- Quasars : wolves in sheep's clothing -- Piercing the galactic "smog" -- Starbursts, superwinds, and supermassive black holes -- Probing the gaseous universe -- From ghosts to galaxies : the emergence of structure -- Solar system shuffle -- Astronomical exotica : new frontiers.

"Stories of 20th century astronomers working at the frontiers of astrophysics whose discoveries on the Palomar telescopes shattered and expanded our view of the universe"-- Provided by publisher.

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