Little Book of Cosmology (eBook)

Lyman Page (Autor)

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2020
152 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20169-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the grandest scales imaginable. Written by one of the world's leading experimental cosmologists, this short but deeply insightful book describes what scientists are revealing through precise measurements of the faint thermal afterglow of the Big Bang-known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB-and how their findings are transforming our view of the cosmos.Blending the latest findings in cosmology with essential concepts from physics, Lyman Page first helps readers to grasp the sheer enormity of the universe, explaining how to understand the history of its formation and evolution in space and time. Then he sheds light on how spatial variations in the CMB formed, how they reveal the age, size, and geometry of the universe, and how they offer a blueprint for the formation of cosmic structure.Not only does Page explain current observations and measurements, he describes how they can be woven together into a unified picture to form the Standard Model of Cosmology. Yet much remains unknown, and this incisive book also describes the search for ever deeper knowledge at the field's frontiers-from quests to understand the nature of neutrinos and dark energy to investigations into the physics of the very early universe.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 9 color + 13 b/w illus. 1 table.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: A Brief History of Time • ABSOLUTE ZERO • Accelerating expansion of the universe • age of the universe • Albert Einstein • Alexander Friedmann • Alex Vilenkin • Alpha particle • An Astronomer’s Guide • Andromeda Galaxy • Anisotropy • Approximation • Arno Allan Penzias • Astronomer • Atomic physics • Bernhard Riemann • Big Bang • Billion years • blackbodies • black body • blackbody radiation • Celestial pole • Chandra X-Ray Observatory • Chronology of the universe • CMB anisotropy • coordinate system • Cosmic Background Explorer • Cosmic Evolution (book) • Cosmic microwave background • cosmological constant • Cosmological principle • Cosmology for the Curious • dark energy • Dark Matter • David Spergel • Delia Perlov • Diffusion • Dimension • Doppler Effect • Dwarf Galaxy • earth • Electromagnetic Spectrum • elementary particle • Energy Density • exponential growth • Full Moon • Galactic Center • Galactic plane • Galaxy cluster • General relativity • Gravitational Field • Gravitational Wave • Gravity • Hubble's law • Hubble space telescope • Hubble Ultra-Deep Field • Interstellar Travel • James Peebles • Jer Yu • Jim Peebles • jo dunkley • Kent Ford (astronomer) • Lambda-CDM model • Large Magellanic Cloud • light-year • Local Group • mass distribution • mass–energy equivalence • Max Planck • Measurement • Metric expansion of space • microwave • microwave oven • milky way • Modified Newtonian dynamics • Mollweide projection • Nasa • Neutrino • Neutron • Nuclear Force • nuclear fusion • nuclear reaction • observable universe • Our Universe • Particle accelerator • Particle physics • Paul Steinhardt • Photon • Physical change • physical cosmology • Planck map • Planck satellite • Planck's Law • Planck (spacecraft) • Planck space telescope • Prediction • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Quark • Quark–gluon plasma • Radiation • Rashid Sunyaev • Reionization • Robert Woodrow Wilson • Satellite dish • Scale factor (cosmology) • scattering • Special relativity • star formation • Stephen Hawking • Structure Formation • Supernova • telescope • Temperature • The Expanding Universe • thermal energy • thermal radiation • Thermometer • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • two-dimensional space • Ultraviolet • Universe • Universe Today • Wavelength • Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe • WMAP Satellite • Zel’dovich
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20169-2 / 0691201692
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20169-6 / 9780691201696