The Extragalactic Distance Scale (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series, Series Number 10)

ISBN: 0521591643

Author: Livio, Mario

Condition: New

Product Description The hottest debate in astronomy and cosmology today is the value of the Hubble Constant that fixes the size and age of the Universe. At a workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute, experts from around the world presented the latest results from a plethora of techniques for determining the Hubble Constant. The value has always been controversial, but for the first time at this meeting experts' results agreed, to within twenty percent. The articles in this book provide a comprehensive account of the Hubble Constant debate with the latest results from gravitational lensing, supernovae and novae, the Tully-Fisher relation, the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, globular clusters, planetary nebulae, light echoes, and the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project. This timely volume will become a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and cosmology. Review 'This well-produced book contains an important mid-term summary report on the Hubble Space Telescope Project on the EDS from Freedman, Madore and Kennicutt, and is essential research library literature.' Irish Astronomical Journal' highly recommended.' Paul O'Brien The Observatory'[covers] every aspect of this fascinating topic. The succession of 23 review articles expertly summarise the efforts of modern astronomy to measure the Hubble constant.' Astronomy Now Book Description A comprehensive review of the latest results of all methods to determine the Hubble constant - the hottest debate in contemporary astronomy and cosmology.