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Overview"Are we living in the ""golden age"" of cosmology? Are we close to understanding the nature of the unknown ingredients of the currently most accepted cosmological model and the physics of the early Universe? Or are we instead approaching a paradigm shift? What is dark matter and does it exist? How is it distributed around galaxies and clusters? Is the scientific community open to alternative ideas that may prompt a new scientific revolution - as the Copernican revolution did in Galileo's time? Do other types of supernovae exist that can be of interest for cosmology? Why have quasars never been effectively used as standard candles? Can you tell us about the scientific adventure of COBE? How does the extraction of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy depend on the subtraction of the various astrophysical foregrounds? These, among many others, are the astrophysical, philosophical and sociological questions surrounding modern cosmology and the scientific community that Mauro D'Onofrio and Carlo Burigana pose to some of the most prominent cosmologists of our time. Triggered by these questions and in the spirit of Galileo's book ""Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"" the roughly 40 interview partners reply in the form of essays, with a critical frankness not normally found in reviews, monographs or textbooks." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mauro D'Onofrio , Carlo BuriganaPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: 2009 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.848kg ISBN: 9783642425455ISBN 10: 3642425453 Pages: 530 Publication Date: 21 November 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsFrom the reviews: The editors prepared this compendium of modern cosmological thought as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. An unusual aspect of this book is that it takes the form of questions posed to individual scientists and their responses. The use of this style makes the work interesting . Readers will enjoy this format and content. This book will be an excellent addition to library shelves. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professional astronomers. (A. Spero, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010) From the reviews: The editors prepared this compendium of modern cosmological thought as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. ... An unusual aspect of this book is that it takes the form of questions ... posed to individual scientists and their responses. ... The use of this style makes the work interesting ... . Readers will enjoy this format and content. This book will be an excellent addition to library shelves. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professional astronomers. (A. Spero, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010) From the reviews: “The editors prepared this compendium of modern cosmological thought as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. … An unusual aspect of this book is that it takes the form of questions … posed to individual scientists and their responses. … The use of this style makes the work interesting … . Readers will enjoy this format and content. This book will be an excellent addition to library shelves. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professional astronomers.” (A. Spero, Choice, Vol. 47 (7), March, 2010) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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