TY - CHAP
T1 - The Anatomy of Galaxies
AU - D'Onofrio, Mauro
AU - Rampazzo, Roberto
AU - Zaggia, Simone
AU - Longair, Malcolm S.
AU - Ferrarese, Laura
AU - Marziani, Paola
AU - Sulentic, Jack W.
AU - van der Kruit, Pieter C.
AU - Laurikainen, Eija
AU - Elmegreen, Debra M.
AU - Combes, Françoise
AU - Bertin, Giuseppe
AU - Fabbiano, Giuseppina
AU - Giovanelli, Riccardo
AU - Calzetti, Daniela
AU - Moss, David L.
AU - Matteucci, Francesca
AU - Djorgovski, Stanislav George
AU - Fraix-Burnet, Didier
AU - Graham, Alister W. McK
AU - Tully, Brent R.
N1 - M1 - Journal Article
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Just after WWII Astronomy started to live its "Golden Age", not differently to many other sciences and human activities, especially in the west side countries. The improved resolution of telescopes and the appearance of new efficient light detectors (e.g. CCDs in the middle eighty) greatly impacted the extragalactic researches. The first morphological analysis of galaxies were rapidly substituted by "anatomic" studies of their structural components, star and gas content, and in general by detailed investigations of their properties. As for the human anatomy, where the final goal was that of understanding the functionality of the organs that are essential for the life of the body, galaxies were dissected to discover their basic structural components and ultimately the mystery of their existence.
AB - Just after WWII Astronomy started to live its "Golden Age", not differently to many other sciences and human activities, especially in the west side countries. The improved resolution of telescopes and the appearance of new efficient light detectors (e.g. CCDs in the middle eighty) greatly impacted the extragalactic researches. The first morphological analysis of galaxies were rapidly substituted by "anatomic" studies of their structural components, star and gas content, and in general by detailed investigations of their properties. As for the human anatomy, where the final goal was that of understanding the functionality of the organs that are essential for the life of the body, galaxies were dissected to discover their basic structural components and ultimately the mystery of their existence.
KW - Physics
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-31006-0_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-31006-0_4
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-31004-6
VL - 435
SP - 243
EP - 379
BT - From the Realm of the Nebulae to Populations
A2 - D'Onofrio, M
A2 - Rampazzo , R
A2 - Zaggia, S.
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -