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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Scientists in the late twentieth century are not the first to view galaxy formation as a phenomenon worthy of explanation in terms of the known laws of physics. Already in 1754 Kant regarded the problem as essentially solved. In his Univerlal Natural Hutory and Theory 0/ the H eaven$ he wrote; 'If in the immesurable space in which all the suns of the Milky Way have formed themselves, we assume a point around which, through some cause or other, the first formation of nature out of chaoo began, there the largest mass and a body of extraordinary attraction will have arisen which has thereby become capable of compelling all the systems in the process of being formed within an enormous sphere around it, to fall towards itself as their centre, and to build up a system around it on the great scale . . . . Observation puts this conjecture almost beyond doubt. ' More than 200 years later, a similar note of confidence was voiced by Zel'dovicb at an IAU symposium held in Tallin in 1911; 'Extrapolating . . . to the next symposium somewhere in the early eighties one can be pretty sure that the question of the formation of galaxies and clusters will be solved in the next few years. ' Perhaps few astronomers today would share Kant's near certainty or feel that Zel'dovich's prophecy has been fulfilled, Many, however, will sympathize with the optimistic olltlook of these two statements.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2015. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine, issued without dust jacket. A tight, clean, unmarked copy, with light bruising to a couple of corners. Large 8vo. 415 pp., with index, approximately 200 black-and-white illustrations, and twenty tables. Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 306, "Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology," held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 25-29, 2014. Edited by Alan Heavens, Jean-Luc Starck, and Alberto Krone-Martins. A collection addressing advanced statistical and mathematical methods for extracting cosmological information from increasingly large and complex astronomical datasets. F600. …

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Condition: New. Addresses the intricate mathematical methods needed to extract scientific insights from large and complicated datasets. Editor(s): Heavens, Alan; Starck, Jean-Luc; Krone-Martins, Alberto. Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 433 pages, 200 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; PBT; PGK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 840. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . …

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Condition: New. Addresses the intricate mathematical methods needed to extract scientific insights from large and complicated datasets. Editor(s): Heavens, Alan; Starck, Jean-Luc; Krone-Martins, Alberto. Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 433 pages, 200 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; PBT; PGK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 840. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The advent of advanced astronomical instruments and huge surveys means that the twenty-first century is witnessing a rapid growth in astrostatistical science. Interpreting the cosmic microwave background, weak and strong gravitational lensing, galaxy clustering and other signatures of the early Universe all require advanced statistical techniques. Led by members of the IAU's newly formed Working Group in Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics, IAU Symposium 306 emphasises the intricate mathematical methods needed to extract scientific insights from large and complicated datasets. It contains contributions on Bayesian methods, weak lensing cosmology, CMB data analysis, cross-correlating datasets, large-scale structure, data mining and machine learning, ongoing surveys and the future Euclid mission. The approaches presented here provide a solid foundation to advance new research methods in cosmology, making it an essential text for the large community of astronomers and statisticians who will analyse and interpret the vast and growing amount of observational data.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Scientists in the late twentieth century are not the first to view galaxy formation as a phenomenon worthy of explanation in terms of the known laws of physics. Already in 1754 Kant regarded the problem as essentially solved. In his Univerlal Natural Hutory and Theory 0/ the H eaven$ he wrote; 'If in the immesurable space in which all the suns of the Milky Way have formed themselves, we assume a point around which, through some cause or other, the first formation of nature out of chaoo began, there the largest mass and a body of extraordinary attraction will have arisen which has thereby become capable of compelling all the systems in the process of being formed within an enormous sphere around it, to fall towards itself as their centre, and to build up a system around it on the great scale . . . . Observation puts this conjecture almost beyond doubt. ' More than 200 years later, a similar note of confidence was voiced by Zel'dovicb at an IAU symposium held in Tallin in 1911; 'Extrapolating . . . to the next symposium somewhere in the early eighties one can be pretty sure that the question of the formation of galaxies and clusters will be solved in the next few years. ' Perhaps few astronomers today would share Kant's near certainty or feel that Zel'dovich's prophecy has been fulfilled, Many, however, will sympathize with the optimistic olltlook of these two statements. 476 pp. Englisch.…