Description
Book SynopsisA collection of essays, presented orally to a diverse group of students and professionals, which reveal the fertile areas for future study of astronomy and astrophysics. The emphasis is on the description of the state of our knowledge as a preparation for the future unraveling of the mysteries of the universe.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 1999 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, American Astronomical Society Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Co-Winner of the 2015 Gruber Cosmology Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Explorations of the Universe (with John Carlstrom and Lyman Page), The Gruber Foundation "As this lively volume attests, there are still many exciting problems left to interest the graduate student entering the field of astrophysics."--Wendy Freedman, Nature "On finishing the last chapter, I thought about what fun I could have teaching a special topics astrophysics course using this book. Who would learn more, the graduate students or the teacher?"--Physics Today
Table of ContentsPreface1The Cosmological Parameters12In the Beginning253Understanding Data Better with Bayesian and Global Statistical Methods494Large-Scale Structure in the Universe615Unsolved Problems in Gravitational Lensing936What Can Be Learned from Numerical Simulations of Cosmology1157The Centers of Elliptical Galaxies1378The Morphological Evolution of Galaxies1599Quasars18110Solar Neutrinos: Solved and Unsolved Problems19511Particle Dark Matter22112Stars in the Milky Way and Other Galaxies24113Searching for MACHOs with Microlensing25314Globally Asymmetric Supernova26915In and Around Neutron Stars28116Accretion Flows Around Black Holes30117The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays32518Toward Understanding Gamma-Ray Bursts343
