On the Edge of the Cosmos : (Record no. 36504)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9782759827077 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC30810402 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL30810402 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1343103815 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QB44 .O466 2022 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 520 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Omont, Alain. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | On the Edge of the Cosmos : |
| Remainder of title | A Century of Revolution in Astronomy. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Les Ulis : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | EDP Sciences, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2022. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Current Natural Sciences Series |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- On the Edgeof the Cosmos -- General Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Part I A Century of Revolutionin Our Vision of the Universe -- General View of 20th Century Astronomy and Its Starting Point -- Astronomy, the Key to Our Vision of the World -- Benchmarks on 1900 Astronomy and Its Shortcomings -- Scientific and Technical Revolutions, Drivers of 20th Century Astronomy -- Physics Revolutions, Keys to Astrophysics -- Giant Telescopes -- Overcoming the Disturbances of the Earth Atmosphere -- Exploiting All Spectral Domains from Radio to X-ray and Gamma-Ray -- Visiting the Planets -- No Pause in the Progress of Signal Detection and Exploitation -- Part II Stars are Well Understood -- How does a Star Work? -- Understanding the Stars -- Solving the Mystery of the Origin of the Energy of the Sun and the Stars -- The Life of the Stars -- Our Atoms were Born in the Stars -- Stars also Die -- Complexities of Star Birth and Physics -- General Star Formation Scenario -- Young Infrared Stars: Born in Dusty Cocoons -- Gravitational Contraction, Accretion and Discs -- Universality of Stellar Pairs - Complex Ending of Their Lives -- Brown Dwarfs, Billions of Aborted Stars -- Stars are Still at the Forefront of Current Astronomy -- Stars and Ecology of Planets and Galaxies -- Part III The New World of Galaxies -- Discovery of Galaxies -- The Appreciation of the Nature of Galaxies Dates Back Only to the Beginning of the 20th Century -- First Steps in the World of Nearby Galaxies -- Architecture and Stellar Content of Galaxies -- Our Galaxy and Its Interstellar Medium -- Exploration of Our Galaxy, the Milky Way -- An Ordinary Galaxy -- Current Organization of Stars Resulting from the Milky Way History -- The Interstellar Gas, a Key Player in the Evolution of Galaxies -- Other Players in the Interstellar Medium -- Exotic Components of the Milky Way. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Hundreds Billions of Galaxies -- Galaxies at All Stages of Their Life -- The Turbulent Family Life of Galaxies -- Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies -- Part IV Cosmology, the Science of the Universe as a Whole -- Birth of Cosmology -- The Universe of Galaxies is Expanding -- The Saga of the Big Bang Confirmation -- The Very First Phase in the History of the Universe: Uncertain Physics -- A Well-Understood Second Phase: The Standard Big Bang Model -- Content of the Universe and Structure Formation -- Formation of Galaxies and Structures of the Present Universe -- Fundamental Parameters of the Universe are Better Known than Its Physics -- Age of the Universe and Variations of the Determinations of the Hubble Constant -- An Overall Density Very Close to the Critical Density -- Need and Nature of Dark Matter -- A Last-Minute Surprise, the Re-Acceleration of the Expansion Involving an Unknown Source of Cosmic Energy -- Summarizing: An Unexpected Universe Model Validated in Multiple Ways -- Part V Singular Stars and Cataclysmsin Extreme Physical Conditions -- Explosions of Stars and Their Singular Residues -- Extreme Physics of Supernova Implosion/Explosion -- Neutron Stars, Hyper-Dense Supernova Residues -- Gamma-Ray Bursts, Even More Powerful Bursts -- Cosmic Rays, Messenger Particles of the High Energy Universe -- Black Holes and Their Power -- Black Holes, General Relativity and the Cosmos -- Stellar Black Holes -- Gravitational Waves, Propagation of Spacetime-Curvature Disturbances -- Quasars: New Stars a Thousand Times Brighter than Galaxies -- Manifestations of Super-Massive Black Holes and Their Interpretation -- Co-evolution of Galaxies and Their Black Hole -- The Super-Massive Black Hole of Our Galaxy and Others -- Part VI Planets, in the Solar System and Outside -- Direct Exploration of the Planets. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Planets, Stars of Astronomy until the 19th Century -- Half a Century Without Revolution for Planetology -- Humans Went to the Moon! -- We Broadly Understand the Origin of the Moon and Its Importance for the Earth -- Very Rich Close-up Photos of All the Bodies of the Solar System -- Summary of Planetary Expeditions -- Searching for Life in the Solar System: Where and When? -- Entering the Dream World of Exoplanets -- Explosion of Discoveries of New Planets -- The Majority of Stars have a Planetary System -- Surprising Variety of Exoplanets -- The Search for Earth-Like Planets -- Conclusion -- A New Cosmos in the 21st Century? -- A New Cosmos -- Auguries for 21st Century Astronomy? -- Glossary -- Acronyms and Space Missions -- References -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | No detailed description available for "On the Edge of the Cosmos". |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Astronomy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Universe. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Astrophysics. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Omont, Alain |
| Title | On the Edge of the Cosmos |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Les Ulis : EDP Sciences,c2022 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Current Natural Sciences Series |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=30810402">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=30810402</a> |
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