Ebook: Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Taking the Measure of the Low-Redshift Universe; Which Properties of Galaxies can Likely Evolve (and be Measured)?; Observations of an Evolving Universe; Galaxies at the Contemporary Limits; Observational Cosmology; Astronomical Instrumentation of the Future; Briefly: Some Overall Conclusions and Problems.;Discusses the evolution of galaxies, emphasising the boundaries of our knowledge about the most distant galaxies, but demonstrating how it is possible to make comparisons between nearby galaxies and the most distant current observed. This book also reviews galaxy morphology and its likely history.