Abstract: Introduction: The New Vision 400 Project Creativity and Technology in Astronomical Discovery From the Language of Heaven to the Rationale of Matter Tsung-Dao Lee The Impact of Modern Telescope Development on Astronomy Riccardo Giacconi Searching for Earths and Life in the Universe Geoffrey W. Marcy Impact of Telescopes on Our Knowledge of the Universe The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies Ben Moore Structure Formation in the Universe: From the Dark Side to First Light Naoki Yoshida An Overview of Supernovae, the Explosive Deaths of Stars Alexei V. Filippenko The Dark Secrets of Gaseous Nebulae: Highlights from Deep Spectroscopy Xiao-Wei Liu Some Near-Term Challenges in Astronomy Can We Detect Dark Matter? Elliott D. Bloom Can We Understand Dark Energy? Mark Sullivan Astrophysical Black Holes in the Physical Universe Shuang-Nan Zhang Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Glennys R. Farrar Technologies for Future New Technologies for Radio Astronomy K. Y. Lo and Alan H. Bridle Advanced Optical Techniques in Astronomy Michael Shao Scientific Opportunities for 30-Meter-Class Optical Telescopes Richard S. Ellis Intellectual Impact of the Telescope on Society The Impact of Astronomy on Chinese Society in the Days before Telescopes Yi-Long Huang The Impact of the Telescope in the West, 1608-1802 Owen Gingerich The Impact of the Telescope on Astronomy and Society in China Xiao-Chun Sun Big Questions Raised by New Knowledge Exoplanet Atmospheres and the Search for Biosignatures Sara Seager What New Telescopes Can Tell Us about Other Worlds Charles A. Beichman Multiverse Cosmology Paul C. W. Davies Universe or Multiverse? Renata Kallosh and Andrei Linde Cosmos and Humanity in Traditional Chinese Thought Yung Sik Kim Laws of Nature, Moral Order, and the Intelligibility of the Cosmos Peter Harrison Why Are the Laws of Nature as They Are? What Underlies Their Existence? George F. R. Ellis Appendix: The New Vision 400 Conference Index
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-06
Language: en
Type: book
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