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Beschreibung
This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.
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This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Über den Autor
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.
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Oxford University Press
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780192854162
ISBN-10: 019285416X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Coles, Peter (Professor of Theoretica. . .
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 178 x 111 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Peter (Professor of Theoretica. . . Coles
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2001
Gewicht: 0,14 kg
Artikel-ID: 104930880