Spiral structure in galaxies /

How does it happen that billions of stars can cooperate to produce the beautiful spirals that characterize so many galaxies, including ours? This book reviews the history behind the discovery of spiral galaxies and the problems faced when trying to explain the existence of spiral structure within th...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Seigar, Marc S. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]
Series:	IOP (Series). Release 3. IOP concise physics.
Subjects:	Spiral galaxies. Galaxies > Evolution. Galactic dynamics. Disks (Astrophysics) Astrophysics. SCIENCE / Astronomy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book