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May 25, 2013

How It Began - A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe

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  • 6. Island Universe
  • 7. Cosmic Architecture
  • 8. Nuclear Power
  • 9. The Growth of Galaxies
  • 10. Light and Life

9. The Growth of Galaxies – Opening Vignette

Chapter Reference Materials

  • Aristotle
  • Babylonian Math
  • Cost of Large Telescopes
  • Downsizing – Slacker Astronomy
  • Frank Summers – Light Travel Time
  • Galaxy Downsizing – Monaco
  • Galaxy Formation and Evolution – Avila Reese
  • Galaxy Formation and Evolution – Lecture Notes
  • Galaxy Formation and Evolution – Wikipedia
  • Galaxy Luminosity Function
  • Greek Astronomy
  • Greek Math
  • Greek Science
  • History of Cosmology – AIP
  • Hubble’s Diagram and Cosmic Expansion – Kirshnerl
  • Largest Optical Telescopes – Wikipedia
  • LSST Mirror Casting
  • Nature of Light
  • Results from Deep Extragalactic X-Ray Surveys
  • Special Relativity
  • Speed of Light
  • Speed of Light – Historical Measurements
  • Thales to Plato
  • The Co-Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies
  • Time Dilation
  • Twin Paradox
  • Why Isn’t the Speed of Light Infinite?
  • Yin and Yang
  • Zoo of Active Galaxies
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