Author: Steven Weinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: cosmology
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2008-04-28
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0198526822
ISBN-13: 9780198526827
This book is unique in the detailed, self-contained, and comprehensive treatment that it gives to the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research. It divides into two parts, each of which provides enough material for a one-semester graduate course. The first part deals chiefly with the isotropic and homogeneous average universe; the second part concentrates on the departures from the average universe. Throughout the book the author presents detailed analytic calculations of cosmological phenomena, rather than just report results obtained elsewhere by numerical c
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: cosmology, physical, observational
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1992-02-28
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0521419964
ISBN-13: 9780521419963
This book records the proceedings of the Second Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics at which eight eminent figures in cosmology gathered to discuss research in this exciting field. They portray a vision of modern cosmology that ranges from the most recent ideas on the early universe, discussed by V.N. Lukash and I.D. Novikov, to current studies about large scale structure in the universe presented by B. Jones and J. Einasto. Hubert Reeves and Bernard Pagel pay special attention to the theoretical and observational aspects of primordial nucleosynthesis and to the microwave background
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: cosmology, gravitation, highlights
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1989-03-31
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0521361257
ISBN-13: 9780521361255
This book assesses research into gravitation and cosmology by examining the subject from various viewpoints - the classical and quantum pictures, along with cosmological and astrophysical applications. It includes 35 articles, each defining the state of the art and summary of current knowledge.
Author: James Rich
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cosmology, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2001-06-15
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3540413502
ISBN-13: 9783540413509
The book is aimed at physics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the most recent cosmological observations and models. It presents a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this space allows general relativity to be introduced in a very simple manner while laying the foundation for the treatment of more complicated problems. The latest cosmological observations and theories are discussed. Emphasis is placed on estimat
Author: James Rich
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cosmology, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2010-01-15
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 3642027997
ISBN-13: 9783642027994
The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the observational foundations of the LambdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this space allows general relativity to be presented in a very elementary manner while laying the foundation for the treatment of more complicated problems. The new edition presents the most recent observations, including
Author: Scott Dodelso
Publisher: Academic Pre
Keywords: cosmology, modern
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2003-03-27
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 0122191412
ISBN-13: 9780122191411
Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. From this starting point, the reader is introduced to perturbations about an FRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their generation by primordial inflation, and their observational consequences. These consequences include the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) featuring acoustic peaks and polarization, the ma
Author: Barbara Ryden
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Keywords: cosmology, introduction
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2002-10-18
List price: $82.20
ISBN-10: 0805389121
ISBN-13: 9780805389128
Introduction to Cosmology provides a rare combination of a solid foundation of the core physical concepts of cosmology and the most recent astronomical observations. The book is designed for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students and assumes no prior knowledge of general relativity. An emphasis is placed on developing the readers’ physical insight rather than losing them with complex math. An approachable writing style and wealth of fresh and imaginative analogies from "everyday" physics are used to make the concepts of cosmology more accessible. The book is unique in th
