ASTR 103 - References

Cosmology

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  1. Durham, F., and R. Purrington. Frame of the Universe: A History of Physical Cosmology. Columbia University Press, 1983.
  2. Harrison, E. Cosmology: Science of the Universe. Cambridge University Press, 1981.
  3. Harrison, E. Masks of the Universe. Macmillan Publishing, 1985.
  4. Harrison, E. Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe. Harvard University Press, 1985.
  5. Lightman, A., and R. Brawer. Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists. Harvard University Press, 1990.
  6. Rothman, T. and G. Ellis. "Has Cosmology become Metaphysical?" Astronomy, Feb. 1986.
  7. Rothman, T. "Is Cosmology a Sometime Thing?" Astronomy, July 1991.
  8. Weinberg, S. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe, 2nd ed. Basics Books, 1988.

Einstein-Friedmann Cosmology

  1. Bennett, G. "Cosmic Origins of the Elements," Astronomy, Aug. 1988.
  2. Corwin, M., and D. Wachowiak. "Discovering the Expanding Universe," Astronomy, Feb. 1985.
  3. Croswell, K. "Galactic Archaeology," Astronomy, July 1992.
  4. Gingerich, O. "J. L. E. Dreyer and His NGC," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1988.
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  6. Harrison, E. "The Paradox of the Dark Night Sky," Mercury. July/Aug. 1980.
  7. Hetherington, N. "Hubble's Cosmology," American Scientist, Mar/Apr. 1990.
  8. Jaki, S. The Paradox of Olbers' Paradox: A Case History of Scientific Thought. Herder and Herder, 1969.
  9. Jones, B. "William Herschel: Pioneer of the Stars," Astronomy, Nov. 1988.
  10. Jones, B. "The Legacy of Edwin Hubble," Astronomy, Dec. 1989.
  11. Kanipe, J. "Too Smooth: COBE's Perfect Universe," Astronomy, June 1990.
  12. Kiernan, V. "How Far to the Galaxies?" Astronomy, June 1989.
  13. Levy, D. "A Grand Gathering of Galaxies," Astronomy, Mar. 1991.
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  15. Miller, R. "Experimenting with Galaxies," American Scientist, Mar/Apr. 1992.
  16. North, J. The Measure of the Universe: A History of Modern Cosmology. Dover Publications, Inc., 1990.
  17. Palmer, E. "Unveiling the Hidden Milky Way," Astronomy, Nov. 1989.
  18. Silk, J. The Big Bang: The Creation and Evolution of the Universe. Freeman, 1980.
  19. Stahler, S. and N. Comins. "The Difficult Births of Sunlike Stars," Astronomy, Sept. 1988.
  20. Struble, M., and H. Rood. "Diversity among Galaxy Clusters," Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1988.
  21. Tucker, W., and K. Tucker. "Against All Odds: Matter and Evolution in the Universe," Astronomy, Sept. 1984.
  22. Tully, R. "Unscrambling the Local Supercluster," Sky & Telescope, June 1982.
  23. Tyson, T., and M. Gorenstein. "Resolving the Nearest Gravitational Lens," Sky & Telescope, Oct. 1985.
  24. Van Buren, D. "Bubbles in the Sky," Astronomy, Jan. 1993.
  25. Van Den Bergh, S., and J. Hesser. "How the Milky Way Formed," Scientific American, Jan. 1993.
  26. Verschuur, G. "A New `Yardstick' for the Universe," Astronomy, Nov. 1988.
  27. Verschuur, G. "The Peculiar Pulsar in Supernova 1987A," Astronomy, Sept. 1989.
  28. Verschuur. G. "A New Look at the Crab Nebula," Astronomy, May 1990.
  29. Wesson, P. "Olbers' Paradox Solved at Last," Sky & Telescope, June 1989.
  30. Whitmire, D., and R. Reynolds. "The Fiery Fate of the Solar System," Astronomy, Apr. 1990.

Modern Cosmology

  1. Arp, H. "Related Galaxies with Different Redshifts," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1983.
  2. Arp, H., and D. Block. "The Myth of Overgrown Spirals," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1991.
  3. Bartusiak, M. "Mapping the Universe," Discover, Aug. 1990.
  4. Burnham, R. "Strange Doings at the Milky Way's Core," Astronomy, Oct. 1990.
  5. Burns, J. "Dark Matter in the Universe," Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1984.
  6. Comins, N. "Life Near the Center of the Galaxy," Astronomy, Apr. 1991.
  7. Croswell, K. "The Best Black Hole in the Galaxy," Astronomy, Mar. 1992.
  8. Croswell, K. "Have Astronomers Solved the Quasar Enigma?" Astronomy, Feb. 1993.
  9. Davies, J., M. Disney, and S. Phillipps. "Are Spiral Galaxies Heavy Smokers?" Sky & Telescope, July 1990.
  10. Davies, P. "Relics of Creation," Sky & Telescope, Feb. 1985.
  11. Davies, P. "New Physics and the New Big Bang," Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1985.
  12. Davies, P. "Particle Physics for Everybody," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1987.
  13. Davies, P. "Does the Universe Rotate?" Sky & Telescope, June 1988.
  14. Davies, P. "Matter-Antimatter," Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1990.
  15. Davies, P. "Everyone's Guide to Cosmology," Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1991.
  16. Davies, P. "Wormholes and Time Machines," Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1992.
  17. Geller, M., and J. Huchra. "Mapping the Universe," Sky & Telescope, Aug. 1991.
  18. Gillies, G., and A. Sanders. Getting the Measure of Gravity," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1993.
  19. Greenstein, G. "Through the Looking Glass," Astronomy, Oct. 1989.
  20. Gregory, S. "Our Cosmic Horizons-Part Three: The Structure of the Visible Universe," Astronomy, Apr. 1988.
  21. Guth, A., and Steinhardt, P. "The Inflationary Universe," Scientific American, May 1984.
  22. Hartley, K. "Elliptical Galaxies Forged by Collision," Astronomy, May 1989.
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  24. Hawking, S. A Brief History of Time. Bantam Books, 1988.
  25. Helfand, D. "Fleet Messengers form the Cosmos," Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1988.
  26. Horgan, J. "Trends in Cosmology: Universal Truths," Scientific American, Oct. 1990.
  27. Hurley, K. "What Are Gamma-Ray Bursters?" Sky & Telescope, Aug. 1990.
  28. Hurley, K. "Probing the Gamma-Ray Sky," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1992.
  29. Huth, J. "The Search for the Top Quark," American Scientist, Sept/Oct. 1992.
  30. Johnson, D. "Supercomputing the Universe," Astronomy, Dec. 1989.
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  33. Kanipe, J. "The Curious Shapes of Cosmic Jets," Astronomy, Mar. 1989.
  34. Kanipe, J. "A Cross Section of the Universe," Astronomy, Nov. 1989.
  35. Kanipe, J. "Beyond the Big Bang," Astronomy, Apr. 1992.
  36. Keel, W. "Crashing Galaxies, Cosmic Fireworks," Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1989.
  37. Kippenhahn, R. "Light From the Depths of Time," Sky & Telescope, Feb. 1987.
  38. Krauss, L. The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe. Basic Books, 1990.
  39. Krauss, L. "Dark Matter in the Universe," Scientific American, Dec. 1986.
  40. Lake, G. "Understanding the Hubble Sequence," Sky & Telescope, May 1992.
  41. Lake, G. "Cosmology of the Local Group," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1992.
  42. Larson, R. "Star Formation, Luminous Stars, and Dark Matter," American Scientist, July/Aug. 1987.
  43. Mallove, E. "The Self-Reproducing Universe," Sky & Telescope, Sept. 1988.
  44. Marschall, L. "Superclusters: Giants of the Cosmos," Astronomy, Apr. 1984.
  45. McClintock J. "Do Black Holes Exist?" Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1988.
  46. Melott, A. "Our Cosmic Horizons-Part Four: Re-creating the Universe," Astronomy, May 1988.
  47. Monda, R. "Shedding Light on Dark Matter," Astronomy, Feb. 1992.
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  50. Odenwald, S. "Enstein's Fudge Factor," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1991.
  51. Odenwald, S., and R. Fienberg. "Galaxy Redshifts Reconsidered," Sky & Telescope, Feb. 1993.
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  53. Parker, B. "The Mysterious Cosmic X-Ray Background," Astronomy, Feb. 1986.
  54. Parker, B. "Tunnels through Time," Astronomy, June 1992.
  55. Peratt, A. "Plasma Cosmology," Sky & Telescope, Feb. 1992.
  56. Phillipps, S. "Counting to the Edge of the Universe," Apr. 1993.
  57. Renteln, P. "Quantum Gravity," American Scientist, Nov/Dec. 1991.
  58. Robinson, L. "Giant Galactic Arcs," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1987.
  59. Sadoulet, B., and J. Cronin. "Subatomic Astronomy," Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1992.
  60. Scherrer, R. "Our Cosmic Horizons-Pt 1: From the Cradle of Creation," Astronomy, Feb. 1988.
  61. Schild, R. "A Star Is Born," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1990.
  62. Schild, R. "Gravity Is My Telescope," Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1991.
  63. Schilling, G. "A Journey with Light," Astronomy, Mar. 1990.
  64. Schramm, D. "The Orgin of Cosmic Structure," Sky & Telescope, Aug. 1991.
  65. Shapiro, S., and S. Teukolsky. "Black Hoes, Naked Singularities and Cosmic Censorship," American Scientist, July/Aug. 1991.
  66. Sheldon, E. "Faster Than Light?" Sky & Telescope, Jan. 1990.
  67. Silk, J. "Formation of Galaxies," Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1986.
  68. Smith, D. "Arcs Galore," Sky & Telescope, Oct. 1988.
  69. Smith, D. "Cosmic Fire, Terrestrial Ice," Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1989.
  70. Smith, D. "Seeking the Origins of Cosmic Rays," Sky & Telescope, May 1990.
  71. Sulentic, J. "Are Quasars Far Away?" Astronomy, October 1984.
  72. Talcott, R. "A Burst of Gamma Rays," Astronomy, Oct. 1991.
  73. Talcott, R. "COBE's Big Bang," Astronomy, Aug. 1992.
  74. Trefil, J. Space, Time, Infinity. Pantheon Books, 1985.
  75. Trimble, V. "Our Cosmic Horizons-Pt 2: The Search for Dark Matter," Astronomy, Mar. 1988.
  76. Vilenkin, A. "Cosmic Strings," Scientific American, Dec. 1987.
  77. Wilkes, B. "The Emerging Picture of Quasars," Astronomy, Dec. 1991.
  78. Will, C. "Twilight Time for the Fifth Force?" Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1990.

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