Introduction to Cosmology ( 3rd Edition )

Roos, Matts

ISBN 10: 0470849096 / ISBN 13: 9780470849095

Published by John Wiley & Sons, U.K., 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Cosmology ( 3rd Edition )
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, U.K.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470849096
• ISBN 13: 9780470849095
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Third Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science
  • Physics

About this title

Synopsis

The Third Edition of the hugely successful Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions.

Extensively revised, this latest edition includes broader and updated coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing and waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation, large scale structure formation, and the ‘cosmological coincidence’problem.

• Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.
• Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena.
• Latest observational results from the WMAP satellite and the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.

About the Author

Matts Roos is Emeritus Professor in Particle Physics at the University of Helsinki, Physics Department, where he is still active in research and postgraduate teaching. Roos is a member of the Finnish Physical Society, honorary member of The Physical Society in Finland, and founding member of the Particle Data Group which produces the biannual compilation published as Review of Particle Physics. He is also a member of the International Astronomical Union, the Steering Committee of the COSMO conferences, and a honorary member of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Finnish Alumni Club.