文档介绍：Questions of Modern Cosmology
Mauro D’Onofrio • Carlo Burigana
Editors
Questions of
Modern Cosmology
Galileo’s Legacy
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Editors
Mauro D’Onofrio Carlo Burigana
Universit`adiPadova INAF Bologna
Dip. to. di Astronomia Ist. di Astrofisica Spaziale e
Vicolo Osservatorio, 3 Fisica Cosmica (IASF)
35122 Padova Via Gobetti, 101
Italy 40129 Bologna
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Foreword
This book represents a modern tribute to Galileo. The way in which the authors,
Mauro D’Onofrio and Carlo Burigana, illustrate the present understanding of the
Universe through interviews in which physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists
highlight their