An Introduction to Modern Cosmology
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-471-98758-1 (ISBN)
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This new textbook provides a readable and accessible introduction to the subject for those students taking a first course in cosmology. An Introduction to Modern Cosmology introduces models of the expanding universe and explores all the successes of the hot big bang, including the cosmic microwave background and nucleosynthesis. A brief discussion of the inflationary cosmology is also included. No prior knowledge of astronomy is assumed and the book's general approach tends to avoid relativity, deriving the crucial results using newtonian theory. This allows a discussion of all the evidence in favour of the hot big bang in a treatment which is based in physics rather than mathematics.
Andrew Liddle is a lecturer in astrophysics at Imperial College. London. Previously, he was at the Astronomy Centre, The University of Sussex, where he lectured to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This book has evolved from his undergraduate cosmology course. His research interests currently include the origin and evolution of structure in the universe and the relation between astronomical observations and the physics of the very early universe.
History of Cosmological Ideas. Observational Overview. Newtonian Gravity. Newtonian Cosmological Models. Geometry of the Universe. Observational Parameters. Age of the Universe. Density of the Universe and Dark Matters. Microwave Background. The Early Universe. Origin of Light Elements. Inflationary Universe Theory. Initial Singularity. Appendix. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.12.1998 |
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| Zusatzinfo | colour plates, index |
| Verlagsort | Chichester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 167 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 320 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-98758-1 / 0471987581 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-98758-1 / 9780471987581 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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