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Introduction to Cosmology

Name: Introduction to Cosmology
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SKU: 9781118923320
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Contributors:

Matts Roos

Publisher:

Wiley

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science

Book Subcategory:

Space Science

Book Topic:

Astronomy, Cosmology

Edition Description:

4th Revised Edition

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Release Date:

2015-05-04

ISBN 13:

9781118923320

Weight:

1.15 lbs

Size:

9.60 x 7.30 x 0.60 inches

Pages:

288

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The Fourth Edition of Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the early history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, special and general relativity, gravitational lensing, the thermal history of the Universe, and cosmological models, including extended gravity models, black holes and Hawking's recent conjectures on the not-so-black holes.

Introduction to Cosmology, Fourth Edition includes:

New theoretical approaches and in-depth material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena
Illustrations throughout and comprehensive references with problems at the end of each chapter and a rich index at the end of the book
Latest observational results from WMAP9, ACT, and Planck, and all cosmological parameters have been brought up to date.

This text is invaluable for undergraduate students in physics and astrophysics taking a first course in cosmology. Extensively revised, this latest edition extends the chapter on cosmic inflation to the recent schism on eternal inflation and multiverses. Dark matter is discussed on galaxy and cluster scales, and dark matter candidates are presented, some requiring a five-dimensional universe and several representing various types of exotica. In the context of cosmic structures the cold dark matter paradigm is described. Dark energy models include the cosmological constant, quintessence and other single field models, f(R) models and models requiring extra dimensions.

About the Author

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Matts Roos is Emeritus Professor in Particle Physics at the University of Helsinki, Physics Department, where he is still active in research and postgraduate teaching. Roos is a member of the Finnish Physical Society, honorary member of The Physical Society in Finland, and founding member of the Particle Data Group which produces the biannual compilation published as Review of Particle Physics. He is also a member of the International Astronomical Union, the Steering Committee of the COSMO conferences, and a honorary member of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Finnish Alumni Club.

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