Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe - Hardcover

Zel'dovich, Ya. B.; Novikov, I. D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226979571 ISBN 13: 9780226979571

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1983

Synopsis

Though the kinematics of the evolving universe became known decades ago, research into the physics of processes occurring in the expanding universe received a reliable observational and theoretical basis only in more recent years. These achievements have led in turn to the emergence of new problems, on which an unusually active assault has begun.

This second volume of Relativistic Astrophysics provides a remarkably complete picture of the present state of cosmology. It is a synthesis of the theoretical foundations of contemporary cosmology, which are derived from work in relativity, plasma theory, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and particle physics. It presents the theoretical work that explains, describes, and predicts the nature of the universe, the physical process that occur in it, the formation of galaxies, the synthesis of the light elements, and the cosmological singularity and the theory of gravitation.

This book, long and eagerly awaited, is essential for everyone whose work is related to cosmology and astrophysics.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0226979571
• ISBN 13: 9780226979571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 751
• Editor: Steigman Gary