An Introduction to Modern Cosmology - Softcover

Liddle, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470848359 ISBN 13: 9780470848357

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2003

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A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject. aeo Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics. aeo Includes worked examples and student problems, along with hints for solving them and the numerical answers. aeo Many reviewers have commented that this is one of the best a introductory undergraduate levela texts on the subject and they would all welcome a Second Edition.

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Andrew Liddle is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sussex. Research interests include the origin and evolution of structure in the universe and the relation between astronomical observations and the physics of the early universe.

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An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Second Edition is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas. The Big Bang Cosmology is explored, looking at its observational successes in explaining the expansion and age of the universe, the existence and properties of the cosmic microwave background, and the origin of the light elements in the universe. Properties of the very early universe are also covered, including the motivation for the theory known as cosmological inflation. The Second Edition includes additiional material on observational cosmology and structure formation.

• Approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics.
• Worked examples, student problems, hints for solving them and numerical answers.
• Latest observational results including WMAP satellite.
• New website with updates, full colour images and links to further information.

Published reviews of the First Edition:

"..a clear, concise and accessible book" New Scientist

"...one of the clearest introductions to cosmology on the market" Contemporary Physics

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470848359
• ISBN 13: 9780470848357
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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