โ Scribed by P. J. E. Peebles
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of investigation. Intended to bridge the chasm between classical textbooks on cosmology and modern developments, Physical Cosmology serves as a guide to current points of debate in a rapidly changing field.
Originally published in 1972.
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Cover
Contents
Introduction
I. Golden Moments in Cosmology 1912-1950
II. Homogeneity and Isotropy of the Universe
III. Hubble's Constant and the Cosmic Time Scale
IV. The Mean Mass Density of the Universe
V. The Microwave Background and the Primeval Fireball Hypothesis
VI. A Child's Garden of Cosmological Models
VII. History of the Universe - Scenarios
VIII. Primeval Helium
Appendix
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Gravitation and relativity -- Classical cosmology -- Basics of quantum fields -- The early universe -- Observational cosmology -- Galaxy formation and clustering
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