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Book Information:
Author:
Irving Ezra Segal
Title:
Mathematical cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
Additional book information:
Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 68, Academic Press, New York, 1976, ix + 204 pp., $22.50.
Albert Einstein, The meaning of relativity, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J., 1953. 4th ed. MR 0053649
2. A. Sandage, Cosmology: A search for two numbers, Physics Today 23 (1970), Feb. 34.
3. A. Sandage, The redshift distance relation. I, Angular diameter of first-ranked cluster galaxies as a function of Red-Shift: The aperture correction to magnitudes, Astrophys. J. 173 (1972), 485.
4. A. Sandage, Absolute magnitudes of E and SO galaxies in the Virgo and Coma clusters as a function of U-B color, Astrophys. J. 176 (1972), 21.
5. A. Sandage, The redshift distance relation. III, Photometry and the Hubble diagram for radio sources and the possible turn-on time for QS0's, Astrophys. J. 178 (1972), 25.
6. A. Sandage, Redshift distance relation. V, Galaxy colors as functions of galactic latitude and redshift: Observed colors compared with predicted distributions for various world models, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 711.
7. A. Sandage, Redshift distance relation. VI, The Hubble diagram from S20 photometry for rich clusters and sparse groups: A study of residuals, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 731.
8. A. Sandage and E. Hardy, Redshift distance relation. VII, Absolute magnitudes of the first three ranked cluster galaxies as functions of cluster richness and Bautz-Morgan cluster type: The effect on QO, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 743.
9. J. Kollerstrom and G. C. McVittie, The redshift-distance relationship derived from clusters of galaxies, Observatory 95 (1975), 90.
- 1.
- A. Einstein, The meaning of relativity, 6th ed., Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J., 1956, Appendix I. (For a review of 4th ed., 1953, see MR 14, 805.) MR 0053649
- 2.
- A. Sandage, Cosmology: A search for two numbers, Physics Today 23 (1970), Feb. 34.
- 3.
- A. Sandage, The redshift distance relation. I, Angular diameter of first-ranked cluster galaxies as a function of Red-Shift: The aperture correction to magnitudes, Astrophys. J. 173 (1972), 485.
- 4.
- A. Sandage, Absolute magnitudes of E and SO galaxies in the Virgo and Coma clusters as a function of U-B color, Astrophys. J. 176 (1972), 21.
- 5.
- A. Sandage, The redshift distance relation. III, Photometry and the Hubble diagram for radio sources and the possible turn-on time for QS0's, Astrophys. J. 178 (1972), 25.
- 6.
- A. Sandage, Redshift distance relation. V, Galaxy colors as functions of galactic latitude and redshift: Observed colors compared with predicted distributions for various world models, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 711.
- 7.
- A. Sandage, Redshift distance relation. VI, The Hubble diagram from S20 photometry for rich clusters and sparse groups: A study of residuals, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 731.
- 8.
- A. Sandage and E. Hardy, Redshift distance relation. VII, Absolute magnitudes of the first three ranked cluster galaxies as functions of cluster richness and Bautz-Morgan cluster type: The effect on QO, Astrophys. J. 183 (1973), 743.
- 9.
- J. Kollerstrom and G. C. McVittie, The redshift-distance relationship derived from clusters of galaxies, Observatory 95 (1975), 90.
Review Information:
Reviewer:
A. H. Taub
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
83 (1977), 705-711
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14356-5
