D. W. Sciama

Modern Cosmology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the story of the achievements and insight gained into the structure, history, working and scale of our Universe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780521287210
• ISBN-10: 0521287219
• Artikelnr.: 31575756

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Note
1. the physics of the stars
2. The Milky Way
3. External galaxies and the expansion of the Universe
4. Radio galaxies
5. Quasi-stellar objects
6. The radio source counts
7. The distribution of quasi-stellar objects
8. Models of the Universe
9. The search for intergalactic atomic hydrogen
10. The search for intergalactic ionised hydrogen
11. The helium problem
12. The hot big bang
13. Helium formation in the hot big bang
14. The detection of cosmic microwave radiation
15. Astrophysical effects of the cosmic microwave radiation
16. The isotropy of the cosmic microwave radiation
Indices.