Screen LibraryUnveiling galaxies : the role of images in astronomical discovery /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), form ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108417013 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 1108417019 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | QB121 |
| CLC: | P123.1 |
| Call Number: | P123.1/R888 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Part I. Images and the cosmos. Viewing heavenly mist -- Portraying cosmic whirlpools -- From celestial snapshots to photographing the realm of galaxies. A--Photographing "nebulae," pioneering celestial photography -- B--Photographing myriads of galaxies : the golden age of astrophotography -- Portraying "nebulae" for the mind -- Part II. Images as galaxy discovery engines. The one-thousand-year journey -- Galaxies in focus -- A symphony of waves -- Imaging the invisible -- Part III. Organizing the world of galaxies. The galaxy classification play-off -- Atlases of galaxies, picturing "island-universes" -- Atlases of galaxies, viewed by their users -- Conclusion. |