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Cosmology : the science of the universe
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Cosmology : the science of the universe

Author: Edward Robert Harrison
Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Edward Robert Harrison
ISBN: 052166148X 9780521661485
OCLC Number: 40632707
Description: x, 567 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. -- [ch.] 1. What is cosmology? -- [ch.] 2. Early scientific cosmology -- [ch.] 3. Cartesian and Newtonian world systems -- [ch.] 4. Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein -- [ch.] 5. Stars -- [ch.] 6. Galaxies -- [ch.] 7. Location and the cosmic center -- [ch.] 8. Containment and the cosmic edge -- [ch.] 9. Space and time -- pt. 2. -- [ch.] 10. Curved space -- [ch.] 11. Special relativity -- [ch.] 12. General relativity -- [ch.] 13. Black holes -- [ch.] 14. Expansion of the universe -- [ch.] 15. Redshifts -- [ch.] 16. Newtonian cosmology -- [ch.] 17. The cosmic box -- [ch.] 18. The many universes -- [ch.] 19. Observational cosmology -- pt. 3. -- [ch.] 20 The early universe -- [ch.] 21. Horizons in the universe -- [ch.] 22. Inflation -- [ch.] 23. The cosmic numbers -- [ch.] 24. Darkness at night -- [ch.] 25. Creation of the universe -- [ch.] 26. Life in the universe -- appendix. Fundamental quantities.
Responsibility: Edward Harrison.
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