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Baryshev, Yurij; Teerikorpi, Pekka - Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology - 9789400737181 - V9789400737181
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Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology

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Description for Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology Paperback. This book examines surface rainfall processes through cloud-resolving modeling and quantitative analysis of surface rainfall budget, and summarizes modeling and analysis results over seven years. Includes a set of diagnostic precipitation equations. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 534.

This book guides readers (astronomers, physicists, and university students) through central questions of Practical Cosmology, a term used by the late Allan Sandage to denote the modern scientific endeavor to find the cosmological model best describing the universe of galaxies, its geometry, size, age, and matter composition. The authors draw on their personal experience in astrophysics and cosmology to explain key concepts of cosmology, both observational and theoretical, and to highlight several items which give cosmology its special character. These highlighted items are: Ideosyncratic features of the “cosmic laboratory”, Malmquist bias in the determination of cosmic distances, Theory of gravitation ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400737181
SKU
V9789400737181
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Ref
99-15

About Baryshev, Yurij; Teerikorpi, Pekka
Dr. Yurij Baryshev (b. 1948) works as Senior Research Associate at the Astronomical Institute of St.Petersburg University, Russia. He has done research in various fields of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, where his main research interest is relativistic astrophysics including cosmology and gravity physics. He has investigated Einstein’s and Feynman’s approaches to gravitation, active galactic nuclei, quasars, gravitational radiation, gravitational lensing ... Read more

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