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Galaxy Formation

A Personal View

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  • © 1976

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Authors:
  1. John Gribbin
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Stars and Galaxies

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 1-6

  3. Cosmology: The Expanding Universe

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 7-14

  4. The Traditional Approach: Turbulence and Gravitational Instability

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 15-22

  5. Layzer’s Gravitational Clustering Hypothesis

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 23-27

  6. Ambartsumian’s Fragmentation Hypothesis

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 28-31

  7. Continual Creation

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 32-38

  8. Newtonian Cosmology and Jeans’ Criterion

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 39-45

  9. The Retarded Core Hypothesis

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 46-51

  10. The Growth of Irregularities in an Expanding Universe

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 52-57

  11. Evolution of Galaxies

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 58-63

  12. Our Galaxy

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 64-67

  13. The Present Balance and Future Prospects

    • John Gribbin
    Pages 68-72

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 73-79
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Galaxy Formation

  • Book Subtitle: A Personal View

  • Authors: John Gribbin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15657-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: J. R. Gribbin 1976

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 79

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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