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Cosmology : : the Science of the Universe

Harrison, Edward Robert. Book - 2000 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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What is cosmology? -- Early scientific cosmology -- Cartesian and Newtonian world systems -- Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein -- Stars -- Galaxies -- Location the and the cosmic center -- Containment and the cosmic edge -- Space and time -- Curved space -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Black holes -- Expansion of the universe -- Redshifts -- Newtonian cosmology -- The cosmic box -- The many universes -- Observational cosmology -- The early universe -- Horizons in the universe -- Inflation -- The cosmic numbers -- Darkness at night -- Creation of the universe -- Life in the universe.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: x, 567 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
052166148X :

SUBJECTS
Cosmology.