William Sheehan and Christopher Conselice, "Galactic Encounters" (Springer, 2014)

Summary

Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time's End, by William Sheehan and Christopher Conselice, takes readers on a journey through time, unfolding the long history of investigation into the fuzzy objects--nebulae, galaxies, dust clouds--in the night sky. This book will be of interest to enthusiasts of science and history alike, combining historical context with the current state of cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and stellar evolution.

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