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Using an extremely accessible approach, the authors present a fascinating look at how cosmic structures, such as galaxies and clusters, …
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Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.
From Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today. Modern cosmology began a …
From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today Modern cosmology began a …
This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, …
In one of the most surprising and important findings in cosmology in the century, astronomers recently discovered that the unierse …
As this remarkable book shows, we live in a universe beset with chaos. Highly acclaimed popular science writer Barry Parker …
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was …
This riveting scientific novel combines adventure, love, suspense, magic, pathos, and mystery in a carefully woven plot that is full …
Your Cosmic Context provides a framework for exploring the nature and history of our universe. Equally well suited for independent …
Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Seventh Edition provides a thoroughly engaging …
A guide to astronomy that presents the mathematics, fundamentals, and general concepts of astronomy while keeping the heavy-duty math, formulas, …
The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at …
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe …
The classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened when the universe began, and how …
It has often been noted that a kind of double dynamics char- terizes the development of science. On the one …
During the last twenty years, dramatic improvements in methods of observing astrophysical phenomena from the ground and in space have …
Cosmology is an unusual science with an unusual history. This book examines the formative years of modern cosmology from the …
Presents a history of scientific ideas, written not by historians of science, but by practicing scientists.
Euan Squires brings the best selling ^IMystery of the Quantum World up to date with the inclusion of a new …
General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and …
Discover how mathematics and science have propelled historyFrom Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment and then on to modern times, Shifting …
The book contains a collection of essays on mathematical structures that serve us to model the Universe. The authors discuss …
Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory focuses on the cosmological implications of the gauge theories of particle physics …
Chow introduces the mathematical methods essential to understanding and applying general relativity--tensor calculus, some differential geometry, etc.--but leaves to more …
Spectacular experimental advances in observational cosmology have helped raise cosmology to the status of a genuine science, and it is …
This fourth edition of Börner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, …
"Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology …
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