Abstract
1. Introduction: the luminous pathway; 2. The discovery of the Milky Way
Galaxy; 3. The new physics; 4. Parting the veil with radio astronomy; 5.
The violent Universe; 6. New windows on the Galactic Center; 7. The
Milky Way as a barred spiral galaxy; 8. The evolving view of active
galactic nuclei; 9. The 'paradox of youth': young stars in the Galactic
Center; 10. Stellar orbits in the Galactic Center, QED; 11. Black holes
here, black holes there... 12. Traces of activity:
past, present, future; Afterword: progress in astronomy.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | New York, NY |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Number of pages | 197 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-107-03918-6t |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |