书目

The Accelerating Universe

  • 作者 Mario Livio著
  • 出版社 Wiley
  • 出版时间 2000年12月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780471399766
  • 定价 182.70

内容简介

AdvancePraiseforTheAcceleratingUniverse"TheAcceleratingUniverseisnotonlyaninformativebookaboutmoderncosmology.Itisrichstorytellingand,aboveall,acelebrationofthehumanmindinitsquestforbeautyinallthings."—AlanLightman,authorofEinstein'sDreams"Thisisawonderfullylucidaccountoftheextraordinarydiscoveriesthathavemadethelastyearsagoldenperiodforobservationalcosmology.ButMarioLiviohasnotonlygiventhereaderoneclearexplanationafteranotherofwhatastronomersareupto,hehasusedthemtoconstructaprovocativeargumentfortheimportanceofaestheticsinthedevelopmentofscienceandfortheinseparabilityofscience,art,andculture."—LeeSmolin,authorofTheLifeoftheCosmos"Whatapleasuretoread!Anexciting,simpleaccountoftheuniverserevealedbymodernastronomy.Beautifullywritten,clearlypresented,informedbyscientificandphilosophicalinsights."—JohnBahcall,InstituteforAdvancedStudy"Abookwithcharm,beauty,elegance,andimportance.Asauthoritativeajourneyascanbetakenthroughmoderncosmology."—AllanSandage,ObservatoriesoftheCarnegieInstitutionofWashington

作者简介

MARIOLIVIO,Ph.D.,isheadofthesciencedivisionattheSpaceTelescopeScienceInstitute,whichconductsthescientificprogramoftheHubbleSpaceTelescope.Heisrecognizedasaworldexpertontopicsrangingfromdramaticexplosionslikenovae,supernovae,andgamma-rayburststocompactastronomicalobjectslikewhitedwarfs,neutronstars,andblackholes.Hehaspublishedover300scientificpapersandhaslecturedtothepublicaboutdiscoveriesinastronomyandcosmologyallacrosstheglobe.

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