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The Expanding Universe: A Primer on Relativistic Cosmology
William D. Heacox
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Description for The Expanding Universe: A Primer on Relativistic Cosmology
hardcover. An overview of modern cosmology, accessible to undergraduate students, with emphasis on physical foundations and relations to modern observations. Num Pages: 330 pages, 56 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Cosmology - the science of the Universe at large - has experienced a renaissance in the decades bracketing the turn of the twenty-first century. Exploring our emerging understanding of cosmology, this text takes two complementary points of view: the physical principles underlying theories of cosmology, and the observable consequences of models of Universal expansion. The book develops cosmological models based on fundamental physical principles, with mathematics limited to the minimum necessary to keep the material accessible for students of physics and astronomy at the advanced undergraduate level. A substantial review of general relativity leading up to the Einstein field equations ... Read more
Cosmology - the science of the Universe at large - has experienced a renaissance in the decades bracketing the turn of the twenty-first century. Exploring our emerging understanding of cosmology, this text takes two complementary points of view: the physical principles underlying theories of cosmology, and the observable consequences of models of Universal expansion. The book develops cosmological models based on fundamental physical principles, with mathematics limited to the minimum necessary to keep the material accessible for students of physics and astronomy at the advanced undergraduate level. A substantial review of general relativity leading up to the Einstein field equations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107117525
SKU
V9781107117525
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About William D. Heacox
William D. Heacox is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, where he founded the undergraduate astronomy degree program. He has also had professional appointments at NASA, the University of Arizona and Carter Observatory, and is an active member of the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union, the American Geophysical Union and the American Mathematical Society. ... Read more
Reviews for The Expanding Universe: A Primer on Relativistic Cosmology
'Firstly, 'the book emphasises physical concepts over mathematical results wherever possible', yet gives a substantial introduction to the necessary mathematics of general relativity. Thus the physics is not obscured by mathematical technicalities but the required mathematics is not glossed over either. Secondly, it acknowledges that modern cosmology 'is likely to experience considerable revision as new observations and physics come to ... Read more