D'ONOFRIO, MAUROMAUROD'ONOFRIORampazzo, R.R.Rampazzo0000-0001-5318-9183Zaggia, SimoneSimoneZaggia0000-0001-6081-379X2022-09-162022-09-162016978-3-319-31004-6978-3-319-80941-0978-3-319-31006-0http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32580In the stylistic tradition of Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems". Written as a series of interviews with many leading astronomers who participated in the history of extragalactic astronomy. Documents the evolution of understanding of galaxies through the 20th and early 21st century. Attractive also for undergraduate students who not only want to learn the state of the art of a field but seek an understanding of astronomical thinking and understanding.STAMPAenBook10.1007/978-3-319-31006-0https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-31006-02016ASSL..435.....DFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation::PE9_8 Formation and evolution of galaxies