Cosmology

Produktbeschreibung

Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* 1: A Brief History


* 2: Einstein and All That


* 3: The Big Bang


* 4: In the Beginning


* 5: Cosmology by Numbers


* 6: What's the Matter?


* 7: The Emergence of Structure


* 8: The Future 

Autoreninfo

Peter Coles is Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and Head of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex. He has co-written two textbooks on cosmology, and over a hundred technical articles on various aspects of the Big Bang theory. He is also author of Einstein and the Total Eclipse and Hawking and the Mind of God.