The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group
| Author | : Joss Bland-Hawthorn |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2014-02-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783642417207 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3642417205 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (205 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group written by Joss Bland-Hawthorn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the updated and expanded lecture notes of the 37th Saas-Fee Advanced Course organised by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy. It offers the most comprehensive and up to date review of one of the hottest research topics in astrophysics - how our Milky Way galaxy formed. Joss Bland-Hawthorn & Ken Freeman lectured on Near Field Cosmology - The Origin of the Galaxy and the Local Group. Francesca Matteucci’s chapter is on Chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its Satellites. As designed by the SSAA, books in this series – and this one too – are targeted at graduate and PhD students and young researchers in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. Lecturers and researchers entering the field will also benefit from the book.
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