Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 350 g
Fourth edition
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 350 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-852747-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Key Features:- Classic introduction to cosmology for undergraduates, used throughout the world.
- Previous edition has sold over 3000 copies to date
- Very accessible with mathematics kept to a minimum. No knowledge of general relativity required.
- Strong emphasis on observational cosmology and astrophysical background.
- Excellent reference book for key formulae and results.
- Calculation-advice provided and expanded sets of exercises at the end of each chapter.
Description:
This is a revised and updated new edition of a classic introductory text on cosmology for undergraduates, also accessible to anyone with school science knowledge. New results from the WMAP mission are included as well as results from Hubble Key Project and High Redshift Supernovae teams. The physical basis for cosmology has been emphasised and there are many new exercises.
Contents:
The visible universe; Our Galaxy and other galaxies; The empirical basis for cosmological theories; The big-bang models; Early stages of the big bang; From fireball to the present; Observational cosmology; Other cosmological theories; Epilogue: twenty controversies in cosmology today; Answers to problems; Further reading; Index
Zielgruppe
Second and third year undergraduates studying physics, astronomy or mathematics. Also of interest to postgraduate students requiring an introduction to cosmology, professional astronomers and those of the general public, with a secondary school science background, wishing to gain some understanding of cosmology.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- 1.: The visible universe
- 2.: Our Galaxy and other galaxies
- 3.: The empirical basis for cosmological theories
- 4.: The big-bang models
- 5.: Early stages of the big bang
- 6.: From fireball to the present
- 7.: Observational cosmology
- 8.: Other cosmological theories
- Epilogue: twenty controversies in cosmology today
- Answers to problems
- Further reading
- Glossary
- Physical constants and conversion of factors
- Index
