Cosmology The Science of the Universe

Name: Cosmology The Science of the Universe
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ISBN: 9780521661485

ISBN-10: 052166148X

ISBN-13: 9780521661485

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Edward R. Harrison

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Cosmology: The Science of the Universe is an introduction to past and present cosmological theory. For much of the world's history, cosmological thought was formulated in religious or philosophical language and was thus theological or metaphysical in nature. However, cosmological speculation and theory has now become a science in which the empirical discoveries of the astronomer, theoretical physicist, and biologist are woven into intricate models that attempt to account for the universe as a whole. Professor Harrison draws on the discoveries and speculations of these scientists to provide a comprehensive survey of man's current understanding of the universe and its history. Tracing the…

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List price: $150.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/16/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 578
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 3.102
Language: English



Prefaces


Introduction






What is cosmology?



Early scientific cosmology



Cartesian and Newtonian world systems



Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein



Stars



Galaxies



Location and the cosmic center



Containment and the cosmic edge



Space and time






Curved space



Special relativity



General relativity



Black holes



Expansion of the universe



Cosmic redshifts



Newtonian cosmology



Cosmic box



Many universes



Observational cosmology






The early universe



Horizons in the universe



Inflation



The cosmic numbers



Darkness at night



Creation of the universe



Life in the universe


Index