Galaxy Formation - Longair, Malcolm S.

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Résumé :
Accounting for the enormous and amazing development cosmology has made in the past ten years, the long awaited second edition of this highly appraised textbook has been extensively and thoroughly updated. It tells the story of modern astrophysical cosmology from the perspective of one of its most important and fundamental problems - how did the galaxies come about? The author uses this approach to introduce the whole of what may be called classical cosmology. Moreover he describes how the study the origin of galaxies and larger-scale structures in the Universe has provided us with unique and direct information about the physics of the very early Universe. The material is presented in an informal pedagogical manner, emphasizing the underlying physical content of the subject, and the book is destined to become a favorite text for students....

Biographie:
Malcolm Longair, CBE, FRS, FRSE is Jacksonian Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development, Cavendish Laboratory. He has held many highly respected positions within the fields of physics and astronomy. He was appointed the ninth Astronomer Royal of Scotland in 1980, as well as the Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, and the Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of Cambridge University, from 1997 to 2005. He has served on and chaired many international committees, boards and panels, working with both NASA, the European Space Agency and the ERC. He has received much recognition for his work over the years. His main research interests are in high energy astrophysics, astrophysical cosmology and the history of physics and astrophysics. He has chaired numerous committees for specific science projects, including the Planck and Euclid missions of ESA. His major books, in addition to the present volume, include Theoretical Concepts in Physics (3rd edition 2020), High Energy Astrophysics (3rd edition 2011), Quantum Concepts in Physics (2013), the Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology (2008) and Maxwell's Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory (2016)....