Gravity's Lens: Views of the New Cosmology (Wiley Science Editions) - Hardcover

Cohen, Nathan

 
9780471632825: Gravity's Lens: Views of the New Cosmology (Wiley Science Editions)

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Briefly surveys the history of cosmology, looks at new developments in astronomical observation, and discusses current theories about the universe's origins

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A highly readable and entertaining guide to modern cosmology. Brings to life new discoveries in the farthest reaches of space, making astronomy accessible to the general reader. Discusses, in nontechnical language, cosmic strings, inflationary models of the early universe, the superstring theory, quasars, galactic streamers, superluminal jets, and gravitational lenses. Building from an historical perspective, the author describes exotic celestial phenomena, and explains the latest theories of the birth and death of the universe.

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ISBN 10:  0471510548 ISBN 13:  9780471510543
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1989
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