How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?, Paperback

Covers the basic concepts in cosmology, drawing on insights from an astronomer who has pioneered much of this research over the years. This book covers such topics as the gravitational growth of perturbations in an expanding universe, the abundance and properties of dark matter halos and galaxies, and reionization.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Author(s): Abraham Loeb
• Illustration(s): 14 halftones. 17 line illus.
• Number of pages: 216
• Collection: Princeton Frontiers in Physics
• Publication date: 2010
• Dimensions: 203 x 129 x 16
• Cover type: Paperback / softback