New Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology - Hardcover

Rees, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521642388 ISBN 13: 9780521642385

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This volume presents an unique and accessible synthesis of modern cosmology. In recent years, observational cosmology has made remarkable advances, bringing into sharper focus a new set of fundamental questions that Martin Rees addresses in this book. Why is the universe expanding the way it is? What were the 'seeds' that caused galaxies, clusters and superclusters to form? What is the nature of 'dark matter'? What happened in the very early universe? The latest exciting advances and theories are discussed, while maintaining a clear distinction between aspects that now have a firm empirical basis and those that remain speculative.

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Book Description

This volume presents a unique synthesis of our understanding of moderncosmology, written by one of the world's foremost contemporarycosmologists. In it, Professor Rees addresses today's fundamentalquestions. Why is the universe expanding the way it is? What were the'seeds' that caused galaxies, clusters and superclusters to form? Whatis the nature of 'dark matter'? Its wide scope and clear writing will be welcomed by anyone interestedcosmology and extragalactic astrophysics who has a basic grounding physics,as well as academic researchers and graduate students in the field.

About the Author

Martin Rees, born in 1942, is a Royal Society Professor and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He also has the honorary position of Astronomer Royal. He has held chairs at the University of Sussex and the University of Cambridge. He is a former director of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Caltech and Princeton. In addition to his unique contribution to the field as a researcher, he is the winner of the American Institute of Physics science writing prize, and is a talented lecturer at all levels. In 1993, he was invited to give a series of public lectures under the auspices of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, reviewing the progress of cosmology and its future prospects. These highly successful lectures were published as Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology (Cambridge University Press, Lezioni Lincee Series, 1995) and the updated and revised version is presented here.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521642388
• ISBN 13: 9780521642385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 166