PDF-[BOOK]-Coming of Age in the Milky Way

From the secondcentury celestial models of Ptolemy to modernday research institutes and quantum theory this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant eccentric personalities who have shaped it From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions They have included some of the most charismatic courageous and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time In Coming of Age in the Milky Way Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures creating a landmark work of scientific history. Lec21: The Milky Way The Milky Way GalaxyLecture 21APOD Lec21: The Milky WayAtomic, molecular, and ionized gas Lec. 21: The Milky Way21 -2 Lec21: The Milky Way Recap. Canvas homework: due on Wednesday. Lab this week: Galaxy Morphology. Campus Observatory. Milky Way galaxy. Stars: . brightnesses. , masses, sizes, compositions, evolution. Interstellar matter: gas, dust. William Herschel’s map of the Milky Way based on star counts. In the early 1800’s William Herschel, the man who discovered the planet Uranus, tried to understand the shape of the Milky Way by counting stars. He counted how many stars there were in each of dozens of different directions and then plotted the count versus direction. . The Milky Way: Our Home Galaxy. What are the different. components of the Milky Way?. How do we see those components?. What does a map of each component look like from our point of view?. Stars in the Milky Way. Institute Fall 2015. Bro Daniel Peterson. Today, . Mormonism . and Western society seem to be parting ways in crucial respects. They’re no longer . aligned…In . an era when such things aren’t appreciated, Mormonism seems socially retrograde and corporate to many outside observers. Mormonism’s patriarchal orientation, for example, is, to put it mildly, out of fashion in fashionable circles. Its emphasis on heterosexual marriage is often seen as hateful, its insistence on fidelity within marriage as somewhat quaint, and its requirement of chastity outside of marriage as transparently ridiculous.. Spiral Structure. . The Astronomical Context. By the 1920’s, we knew that the once-mysterious spiral nebulae were flattened galaxies. . Our Milky . Way is . also. flattened. . Two obvious . questions arose:. Our Place Within It. . . The Visible Milky Way. The Milky Way as Seen From Texas. (from Canada, we can. ’. t see the Southern Cross). The Obvious Questions. How big is the Milky Way, and where are we located? At the . bye:. Angelina Battle. The legend of The Milky Way. This is what old people told me when I was a child. Long ago, when the world was new, there were not many stars in the sky. In those days people depended on corn for their food. They would grind it and keep it in bins behind their homes. Bread made from cornmeal, often kept them from starving during the long winter months. . Vital Statistics. It’s our home!. Contains more than 200 billion stars, and a mass of ~10. 12. suns. It’s almost as old as the Universe itself!. 13.7 billion years old. Structure. The core and spiral arms are of different . Contains more than 100 billion stars. Is one of the two largest among 40 galaxies in the Local Group. Our Solar System is located a little more than half way from the galactic center to the edge of the galactic disk.. Vocabulary. gyre: . a spiral turn. falcon: . a bird of prey. falconer: . a person who . trains falcons . to capture prey. mere: . total, absolute. anarchy: . total chaos and war. dimmed: . made darker. Here’s the mystery story we’ll unfold…. Fuzzy blobs in the sky – new solar systems, or “galaxies”?. Observational tests. Herschel’s map of the “universe” . (what we today know as just our Galaxy). From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions. They have included some of the most charismatic, courageous, and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time. In Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures, creating a landmark work of scientific history. From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions. They have included some of the most charismatic, courageous, and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time. In Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures, creating a landmark work of scientific history.