Foundations of modern cosmology / John F. Hawley and Katherine A. Holcomb.
By: Hawley, John Frederick
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Contributor(s): Holcomb, Katherine A.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiv, 554 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 019853096X.Subject(s): Cosmology | Cosmology -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 523.1 | Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Previous ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-541) and index.
Part 1 : History : 1. In the beginning - 2. Cosmology becomes a science - 3. Newton's machine -- Part II : Background: 4. Lighting the worlds - 5. The lives of the stars -- Part III : Relativity: 6. Infinite space and absolute time - 7. The special theory of relativity - 8. The general theory of relativity - 9. Black holes -- Part IV : The Big Bang - 10. The expanding universe - 11. Modeling the universe - 12. The early universe - 13. Testing the models - 14. A message from the Big Bang -- Part V : The continuing quest - 15. Dark matter and large-scale structure - 16. The inflationary universe - 17. The edge of time - Appendix A : Scientific notation - Appendix B : Units - Appendix C : Physical and astronmical constants - Glossary - Bibliography - Index.