The Zeldovich Universe (IAU S308)

The Zeldovich Universe (IAU S308)
Title The Zeldovich Universe (IAU S308) PDF eBook
Author Rien van de Weygaert
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 0
Release 2016-11-10
Genre Science
ISBN 9781107078604

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On megaparsec scales, matter and galaxies have aggregated into a complex network of interconnected filaments, wall-like structures and compact clusters surrounded by large near-empty void regions. Dubbed the 'Cosmic Web', theoretical and observational studies have led to its recognition as a key aspect of structure in the Universe, representing a universal phase in the gravitationally driven emergence and evolution of cosmic structure. IAU Symposium 308 marked the centenary of the birth of the Russian physicist and cosmologist Yakov B. Zeldovich (1914-87), who was instrumental in the development of this view of structure formation. His seminal work paved the way towards an understanding of the complex web-like structure observed in our Universe. This volume synthesizes the insights obtained from many different observational and theoretical studies, and helps prepare researchers and students working in this vibrant field for the many upcoming surveys.

Cosmic Odyssey

Cosmic Odyssey
Title Cosmic Odyssey PDF eBook
Author Jean Heidmann
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 210
Release 1989-09-07
Genre Science
ISBN 9780521343770

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The immensity of the cosmos, the richness of the Universe, the limits of space and time: these are the themes of Cosmic Odyssey, which takes the reader on imaginary journeys through the past, present and future of our universe.

Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, Volume I

Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, Volume I
Title Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, Volume I PDF eBook
Author Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2016-04-19
Genre Science
ISBN 9780691636467

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Selected Works of Ya. B. Zeldovich is a two-volume collection of over 100 articles spanning half a century of work by the late Soviet scientist Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich. The breadth and depth of Zeldovich's work is staggering. Author of over twenty books and more than 500 scientific articles, he made fundamental contributions in chemical catalysis and kinetics, combustion and the hydrodynamics of explosive phenomena, nuclear chain reactions and nuclear energy, the physics of elementary particles, and the large-scale structure of the universe and cosmology. The importance of this collection lies not only in its documentary value as a collection of key scientific works by a man whose genius was characterized by the Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov as "probably unique." Zeldovich himself considered his most valuable role to be that of a teacher, to convey to young scientists the how of science. The author of several excellent textbooks on topics ranging from elementary mathematics to advanced methods of mathematical physics, he saw this collection of works, enlarged from the original Russian edition, as a contribution to that end. Here one can see the scientific method at work--and all the enthusiasm, the breakthroughs, and the mistakes associated with real scientific endeavor. Commentaries by the author and the editors are included with each paper serving to enhance both the historical and the pedagogical value of this edition. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich

Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
Title Selected Works of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich PDF eBook
Author I͡Akov Borisovich Zelʹdovich
Publisher
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Release 1992
Genre Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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Relativistic Astrophysics, 2

Relativistic Astrophysics, 2
Title Relativistic Astrophysics, 2 PDF eBook
Author I︠A︡kov Borisovich Zelʹdovich
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 760
Release 1971
Genre Science
ISBN 9780226979571

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Though the kinematics of the evolving universe became known decades ago, research into the physics of processes occurring in the expanding universe received a reliable observational and theoretical basis only in more recent years. These achievements have led in turn to the emergence of new problems, on which an unusually active assault has begun. This second volume of Relativistic Astrophysics provides a remarkably complete picture of the present state of cosmology. It is a synthesis of the theoretical foundations of contemporary cosmology, which are derived from work in relativity, plasma theory, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and particle physics. It presents the theoretical work that explains, describes, and predicts the nature of the universe, the physical process that occur in it, the formation of galaxies, the synthesis of the light elements, and the cosmological singularity and the theory of gravitation. This book, long and eagerly awaited, is essential for everyone whose work is related to cosmology and astrophysics.

History of the Australian Environment Movement

History of the Australian Environment Movement
Title History of the Australian Environment Movement PDF eBook
Author Drew Hutton
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 352
Release 1999-04-13
Genre History
ISBN 9780521456869

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This book presents a history of the value of the Australian environment and the struggles to protect it.

Extragalactic Adventure

Extragalactic Adventure
Title Extragalactic Adventure PDF eBook
Author Jean Heidmann
Publisher CUP Archive
Pages 194
Release 1982
Genre Science
ISBN

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The extragalactic universe, the immense world of a billion galaxies lying beyond out own, is the subject of this book. Our Sun is but a tiny star among a hundred billion other in our Galaxy, the Milky Way, which appears as a luminous veil trailing across the clear night sky. Beyond the Milky Way we will soar into space amid galaxies, clusters of galaxies, radio galaxies and quasars of enormous energy, out to the cosmological horizon which arrests our flight like an intangible barrier. Why do galaxies seem to fly from us? Is space so strongly curved that by going straight ahead we come up behind ourselves? Did it all begin with an enormous explosion, the famous Big Bang, which decided our fate in the first quarter of an hour? These are the questions which this rigourous and enthusiastic scientist tries to answer with complete honesty and non-technical clarity.