Finding our Place in the Universe
How We Discovered Laniakea—the Milky Way's Home
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- Hardcover
184 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2019
Summary
How a team of researchers, led by the author, discovered our home galaxy’s location in the universe.You are here- on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For twenty years, astrophysicist Hel ne Courtois surfed the cosmos with international teams of researchers, working to map our local universe. In this book, Courtois describes this quest an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262039956 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262039958 |
| Author: | Nikki Kopelman, Hélène Courtois |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 17mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
A luminous behind-the-scenes record of a two-decade astrophysical feat.
—NatureThis identification of Laniakea is a tour de force, and Courtois’ account gives it life.
—Times Higher EducationAbout The Author
Nikki Kopelman
Hel ne Courtois is a French astrophysicist specializing in cosmography. She is Professor and Vice President at the University of Lyon 1 and the director of a research team at the Lyon Institute of Nuclear Physics. She received the 2018 Scientist of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for her international influence. She is featured in the 2019 documentary Cosmic Flows- The Cartographers of the Universe by CPB Films.
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