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Cosmic dawn : the search for the first stars and galaxies /

George Rhee, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2013

The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence over thirteen billion years ago. This book tells the story of our quest to solve this probl[...]

Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe /

J. P. Ostriker, Author ; Simon Mitton, Author | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | Science essentials | 2013

Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--compris[...]

Edge of the universe : a voyage to the cosmic horizon and beyond /

Paul Halpern, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2012

E-resource

Atom : an odyssey from the big bang to life on earth-- and beyond /

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss, Author | Boston : Little Brown & Company | 2001

Atom succeeds in taking us on a vast and tumultuous ride through time and space, with contemporary science as our often-demanding guide. Yet the effort is amply rewarded, for the story sparks our sense of wonderment at the universe

The nine numbers of the cosmos

Michael Rowan-Robinson | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 1999

How old is the universe? How far away are the galaxies and how fast are they travelling away from us? How do galaxies form? Michael Rowan-Robinson answers these and many more questions in a highly original and intringuing way. He encapsulates ou[...]