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THE EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE
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| By: |
Mario Livio (Editor), Megan Donahue (Editor), Nino Panagia (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£78.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521591643 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521591645 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 June, 1997 |
| Series: |
Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 10 |
| Pages: |
337 |
| Description: |
A comprehensive review of the latest results of all methods to determine the Hubble constant - the hottest debate in contemporary astronomy and cosmology. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the hottest debates in astronomy and cosmology today concerns the value of the Hubble constant. This constant is of paramount importance since it fixes the size and age of the Universe. At a symposium at the Space Telescope Science Institute, experts from around the world presented the latest results from a plethora of techniques for determining the Hubble constant. The value has always been controversial, but at this meeting experts' results agreed for the first time to within about 20%. Based on the meeting, this book presents twenty-three specially written review articles. They provide a comprehensive account of the Hubble-constant debate with the latest results from gravitational lensing, supernovae and novae, the Tully-Fisher relation, the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, globular clusters, planetary nebulae, light echoes, and the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project. This timely volume provides a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and cosmology. |
| Illustrations: |
15 b/w illus. 40 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |