New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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ISBN10: 0309158028
ISBN13: 9780309158022
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Published: Feb 4 2011
Pages: 324
Language: English

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics are making new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Based on a broad and comprehensive survey of scientific opportunities, infrastructure, and organization in a national and international context, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines a plan for ground- and space- based astronomy and astrophysics for the decade of the 2010's.

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