Introduction to Cosmology, Third Edition
β Scribed by Matts Roos
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 296
- Edition
- 3
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The Third EditionΒ of the hugely successful Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions.Extensively revised, this latest editionΒ includes broader and updated coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing and waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation, large scale structure formation, and the βcosmological coincidenceβproblem.Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena.Latest observational results from the WMAP satellite and the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.
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Elementary introduction pays special attention to aspects of tensor calculus and relativity that students find most difficult. Contents include tensors in curved spaces and application to general relativity theory; black holes; gravitational waves; application of general relativity principles to cos
A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject.* Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics.* Includes worked examples and student problems, along with hints for solving them and the numerical answers.* Many reviewers have commented that this is one of th
Received used copies of this book. They were in great condition and it is an excellent book.