Studying distant galaxies: A Handbook of Methods and Analyses
  Distant galaxies encapsulate the various stages of galaxy evolution and
formation from over 95% of the development of the universe. As early as
twenty-five years ago, little was known about them, however since the first
systematic survey was completed in the 1990s, increasing amounts of resources
have been devoted to their discovery and research. This book summarises for the
first time the numerous techniques used for observing, analysing, and
understanding the evolution and formation of these distant galaxies.
  In this rapidly expanding research field, this text is an every-day companion
handbook for graduate students and active researchers. It provides guidelines
in sample selection, imaging, integrated spectroscopy and 3D spectroscopy,
which help to avoid the numerous pitfalls of observational and analysis
techniques in use in extragalactic astronomy. It also paves the way for
establishing relations between fundamental properties of distant galaxies. At
each step, the reader is assisted with numerous practical examples and
ready-to-use methodology to help understand and analyse research.
