Introduction to Cosmology - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107154834ISBN-10:1107154839UPC:9781107154834Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space ScienceBook Topic:CosmologySize:10.10 x 6.85 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCZZRPDGYN
This second edition of Introduction to Cosmology is an exciting update of an award-winning textbook. It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate students in physics and astronomy, but is also useful as a supplementary text at higher levels. It explains modern cosmological concepts, such as dark energy, in the context of the Big Bang theory. Its clear, lucid writing style, with a wealth of useful everyday analogies, makes it exceptionally engaging. Emphasis is placed on the links between theoretical concepts of cosmology and the observable properties of the universe, building deeper physical insights in the reader. The second edition includes recent observational results, fuller descriptions of special and general relativity, expanded discussions of dark energy, and a new chapter on baryonic matter that makes up stars and galaxies. It is an ideal textbook for the era of precision cosmology in the accelerating universe.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107154834ISBN-10:1107154839UPC:9781107154834Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space ScienceBook Topic:CosmologySize:10.10 x 6.85 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCZZRPDGYN
Ryden, Barbara: - Barbara Ryden received her PhD in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University, New Jersey in 1987. After postdocs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, she joined the astronomy faculty at the Ohio State University, where she is now a full professor. She has over twenty years of experience in teaching, at levels ranging from introductory undergraduate courses to advanced graduate seminars. She won the Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for the first edition of Introduction to Cosmology (2002), and is the co-author, with Bradley Peterson, of Foundations of Astrophysics (2010).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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2nd Revised Edition
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