Book ID: CBB496441565

Cosmic Odyssey: How Intrepid Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Changed our View of the Universe (2020)

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Linda Schweizer (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 382
Language: English

How pioneering scientists at Palomar Observatory make dazzling discoveries of astronomical phenomena beyond human experience and imagination.Ever since 1936, pioneering scientists at Palomar Observatory in Southern California have pushed against the boundaries of the known universe, making a series of dazzling discoveries that changed our view of the cosmos: quasars, colliding galaxies, supermassive black holes, brown dwarfs, supernovae, dark matter, the never-ending expansion of the universe, and much more. In Cosmic Odyssey, astronomer Linda Schweizer tells the story of the men and women at Palomar and their efforts to decipher the vast energies and mysterious processes that govern our universe.

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Authors & Contributors
Roberto Battiston
Bonnie McClellan-Broussard
Johnson, John, Jr
Mainz, Vera V.
Wald, Sarah D.
Mary Amanda Helmich
Concepts
Astronomy
Universe
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Telescopes
Galaxies; nebulae
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
California (U.S.)
United States
Texas (U.S.)
Mexico
Institutions
Palomar Observatory
Union Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
California State Railroad Museum
Yosemite National Park
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