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The Geometry of the Universe (Series on Knots and Everything, 71) - Hardcover

Book 20 of 20: Series on Knots and Everything

Rourke Colin

 
9789811233869: The Geometry of the Universe (Series on Knots and Everything, 71)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9811233861 ISBN 13: 9789811233869
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2021

Synopsis

Cosmology, the study of the universe, arouses a great deal of public interest, with serious articles both in the scientific press and in major newspapers, with many of the theories and concepts (e.g. the "big bang" and "black holes") discussed, often in great depth.


Accordingly the book is divided into three parts:

  • Part 1: The whole story presented as far as possible for a nontechnical reader
  • Part 2: The same story, told again but for a reader with some technical knowledge
  • Part 3: Appendices with full technical details of several of the important topics covered.


Part 1 is readable (and understandable) by anyone with a nodding acquaintance with the basic language of cosmology: events, lights paths, galaxies, black holes and so on. It covers the whole story of the book in a way as untechnical as possible given the scope of the topics covered.


Part 2 covers the same ground again but with enough technical details to satisfy a reader with basic knowledge of mathematics and/or physics.


Part 3 consists of appendices which are referred to in the other parts and which also contain the highly technical material omitted from Section 2.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9811233861
ISBN 13 
9789811233869
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
253