Cosmology

TRAMA

This is a revised and updated new edition of a classic introductory text on cosmology for undergraduates, also accessible to anyone with a secondary school science background. New results from the WMAP mission are included as well as results from Hubble Key Project and High Redshift Supernovae Teams. The physical basis for cosmology is emphasized and there are many new exercises.

SOMMARIO

1. - The visible universe2. - Our Galaxy and other galaxies3. - The empirical basis for cosmological theories4. - The big-bang models5. - Early stages of the big bang6. - From fireball to the present7. - Observational cosmology8. - Other cosmological theories

AUTORE

Michael Rowan-Robinson is Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College, London, UK. He is one of Britain's foremost astronomers.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198527473
• Dimensioni: 233 x 11.6 x 156 mm Ø 350 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: numerous halftones and line figures
• Pagine Arabe: 200