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The Cosmic Web - Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Paperback)
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The Cosmic Web - Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Paperback)
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A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to
understand our universe's mysterious structure J. Richard Gott was
among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our
universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies
intricately connected by filaments of galaxies-a magnificent
structure now called the "cosmic web" and mapped extensively by
teams of astronomers. Here is his gripping insider's account of how
a generation of undaunted theorists and observers solved the
mystery of the architecture of our cosmos. The Cosmic Web begins
with modern pioneers of extragalactic astronomy, such as Edwin
Hubble and Fritz Zwicky. It goes on to describe how, during the
Cold War, the American school of cosmology favored a model of the
universe where galaxies resided in isolated clusters, whereas the
Soviet school favored a honeycomb pattern of galaxies punctuated by
giant, isolated voids. Gott tells the stories of how his own path
to a solution began with a high-school science project when he was
eighteen, and how he and astronomer Mario Juric measured the Sloan
Great Wall of Galaxies, a filament of galaxies that, at 1.37
billion light-years in length, is one of the largest structures in
the universe. Drawing on Gott's own experiences working at the
frontiers of science with many of today's leading cosmologists, The
Cosmic Web shows how ambitious telescope surveys such as the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey are transforming our understanding of the
cosmos, and how the cosmic web holds vital clues to the origins of
the universe and the next trillion years that lie ahead.
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