Author

Publication

1987 - Interstellar Media, Berkeley, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

49,500 words, Guess

Page Count

198 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads1823407

Classifications

  • DDC523
  • LCCQB860 .A76 1987

Description

For twenty years, the author has contested the 'establishment' view of quasars as the most distant objects in the universe. In this book, Arp presents the original observations and fundamental data on quasars and galaxies, and explains why he has concluded that: far from being the most distant objects in the universe, quasars are associated in space with relatively nearby galaxies; quasars' enormous redshifts do not arise from the expansion of the universe, but rather are intrinsic properties of the quasars themselves; many galaxies show redshift anomalies related to quasars' redshifts; quasars and galaxies have an origin far different from that assumed in the 'standard' big-bang model of the universe; many astronomers, despite the accumulation of compelling evidence, defend what Arp believes is a fundamentally incorrect assumption about cosmic objects.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Quasars, redshifts, and controversiesInterstellar Media1987-01-01

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