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

    By: Natarajan, Priyamvada [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xvi, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300204414; 0300204418; 9780300227031; 0300227035Subject(s): Cosmology | Cosmology -- History | SCIENCE -- Astronomy | SCIENCE -- Cosmology | SCIENCE -- Physics -- Astrophysics | Cosmology | Kosmologie | Astronomical Phenomena | Extraterrestrial EnvironmentGenre/Form: History. | History.DDC classification: 523.1 LOC classification: QB981 | .N383 2016
    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.
    Summary: For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe. -- Publisher.
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    For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe. -- Publisher.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.

    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.

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