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The Early Universe. Facts and Fiction.
Gerhard Borner
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Description for The Early Universe. Facts and Fiction.
Hardback. Explores connections between particle physics and cosmology. It explains implications of quantum field theory and questions of structure formation. It compares theoretical predictions with observations and gives special emphasis to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 610 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1175.
Fourteen years is a long time, and especially in the field of cosmology new observational results and new theoretical ideas seem to appear at a steadily increasing rate. It is achallenge to try to review the current status, to give a reasonably fair account of new developments, and not to increase the size of the book out of all proportion. So this fourth edition is practically a new book, with many chapters and sections newly written, not just updated. I have kept the original layout of the book with three parts concerned with (I) the standard model, (II) some basic ... Read more
Fourteen years is a long time, and especially in the field of cosmology new observational results and new theoretical ideas seem to appear at a steadily increasing rate. It is achallenge to try to review the current status, to give a reasonably fair account of new developments, and not to increase the size of the book out of all proportion. So this fourth edition is practically a new book, with many chapters and sections newly written, not just updated. I have kept the original layout of the book with three parts concerned with (I) the standard model, (II) some basic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Number of Pages
587
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540441977
SKU
V9783540441977
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Reviews for The Early Universe. Facts and Fiction.
From the reviews: "Written in a style accessible to graduate (even advanced undergraduate) students, yet so densely informative as to be valuable also to the author's professional peers … A splendid accomplishment; a pleasure to study in detail, but fun also simply to browse in." SciTech Book News