Cosmology: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe [Paperback]

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It survives the pitfalls of this fashion-conscious era by pursuing a rigorously independent-minded attitude to contemporary ideas. The level is introductory undergraduate, with rather little mathematics but a strong physical basis.
...The second part, on general relativity and cosmology, provides a good account of modern theoretical ideas, from rotating black holes to Grand Unified Theories and inflation. The third part is an excellent and profound discussion of the fundamental problems of cosmology. For anyone with a philosophical turn of mind this section alone makes the book essential reading. NatureI Observations.- 1. Our Galaxy.- 2. Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies.- 3. Distribution of Matter in the Universe.- II Theory.- 4. Introduction to the Study of the Universe.- 5. General Theory of Relativity.- 6. Relativistic Cosmology.- 7. Other Cosmological Theories.- 8. The Beginning of the Universe.- 9. The Evolution of the Universe.- III Fundamental Problems.- 10. The Physics of the Universe.- 11. Cosmological Problems.- References.- Further References for the Figures.- Name Index.From the reviews: It survives the pitfalls of this fashion-conscious era by pursuing a rigorously independent-minded attitude to contemporary ideas. The level is introductory undergraduate, with rather little mathematics but a strong physical basis. ...The second part, on general relativity and cosmology, provides a good account of modern theoretical ideas, from rotating black holes to Grand Unified Theories and inflation. The third part is an excellent and profound discussion of the fundamental problems of cosmology. For anyone with a philosophical turn of mind this section alone makes the book essential reading. NatureSpringer Book ArchivesGPSR ComplianceThe European Union's (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of rules that requires consumer products to be safe and our obligations to ensure this.If you have alK