| Light from the Depths of Time Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Kippenhahn, Rudolf (Author), Dunlop, Storm (Translator) |
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ISBN: 3540171193 ISBN-13: 9783540171195 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Dewey: 523.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although this book has been available for some time, it is only now appearing in an English edition. This gives me the opportunity of adding a few explanations. I have not struggled to include the very latest, tentative results. I have, instead, concentrated on presenting cosmological ideas to interested non- experts. They often encounter considerable difficulties when attempts are made to explain even long-established results in this field, so the aim of this book is to provide them with help. Naturally, I have also tried to include modern findings. To help with the explanation I have made use of the fictitious inhabi- tants of Flatland, occasional historical digressions, and the dreams of Herr Meyer. Incidentally, I chose this name, which is very common in German- speaking countries, to suggest an average citizen, just like the man next door. I should like to thank Springer-Verlag for deciding to publish this book in the language in which many of the discoveries described here were first formulated. I also thank my translator, Mr Storm Dunlop. Finally I thank Hanna Tettenborn for compiling the index. |
