Introduction to Cosmology
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, 1999
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- Title
- Introduction to Cosmology
- Author
- Roos, Matts
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471973831
- ISBN 13
- 9780471973836
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
* Thorough examination of the Hubble parameter and the age of the Universe with reference to measurement techniques
* Completely new section on gravitational lenses and other tests of general relativity
* Expanded sections on dark matter, black holes and cosmic microwave background
Praise for the First Edition 'Introduction to Cosmology is first class.Even more students will want to become cosmologists with a book like this.Roos has got it right' -New Scientist 'It is rare to find an elementary discussion of such findings, and the book should prove a useful addition to more astronomically oriented introductory discussions of cosmology.Roos's text serves a useful niche in the undergraduate market'-Physics Today 'It is well recommended for undergraduates of physics or astrophysics'-Popular Astronomy
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* Thorough examination of the Hubble parameter and the age of the Universe with reference to measurement techniques
* Completely new section on gravitational lenses and other tests of general relativity
* Expanded sections on dark matter, black holes and cosmic microwave background
Praise for the First Edition 'Introduction to Cosmology is first class.Even more students will want to become cosmologists with a book like this.Roos has got it right' -New Scientist 'It is rare to find an elementary discussion of such findings, and the book should prove a useful addition to more astronomically oriented introductory discussions of cosmology.Roos's text serves a useful niche in the undergraduate market'-Physics Today 'It is well recommended for undergraduates of physics or astrophysics'-Popular Astronomy
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
AJ Scruffles
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