THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSE: WOLFSON COLLEGE LECTURES 1979
Written by Geoffrey T. Bath
Published by Oxford University Press
in 1980
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THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSE: WOLFSON COLLEGE LECTURES 1979
Written by Geoffrey T. Bath.
Stock no. 666088
1st.
1980.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the history of the universe and what is happening within in it now as presented in this book by eight scientists involved in the recent astronomical discoveries. Each chapter is based on a lecture given as part of the Wolfson College Lectures in the Spring of 1979. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. vii and 199 pages including index. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- The origin of the Universe
- Galaxies and their nuclei
- The origin of the elements
- The stars as suns
- The X-ray Universe
- Black holes
- Planetary exploration
- New ways of seeing the Universe