Elementary Cosmology

From Aristotle's Universe to the Big Bang and Beyond

James J. Kolata (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

122 Seiten

2015
Morgan & Claypool Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-68174-036-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is traced from the early Greek philosophers to the most modern 21st century view. After a brief introduction to the concept of the scientific method, the first part of the book describes the way in which detailed observations of the Universe, first with the naked eye and later with increasingly complex modern instruments, ultimately led to the development of the "Big Bang" theory. The second part of the book traces the evolution of the Big Bang including the very recent observation that the expansion of the Universe is itself accelerating with time.

Autor

James J. Kolata is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame in the USA and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is the author of over 250 research publications in nuclear physics.

Inhalt

The scientific method
Early astronomy
Nebulae
Cosmic distances
Space-time
The Big Bang
Cosmic microwave background radiation
Dark matter
The standard model of cosmology
The very early Big Bang
Inflation
Dark energy
Higher dimensions
String theory
Black holes and wormholes
Reading list
Links to astronomy websites

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.04.2016
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Concise Physics
• Verlagsort: San Rafael
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 333 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 1-68174-036-2 / 1681740362
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68174-036-2 / 9781681740362
• Zustand: Neuware