Modern Cosmology

This book tells the story of the achievements and insight gained into the structure, history, working and scale of our Universe.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Note; 1. the physics of the stars; 2. The Milky Way; 3. External galaxies and the expansion of the Universe; 4. Radio galaxies; 5. Quasi-stellar objects; 6. The radio source counts; 7. The distribution of quasi-stellar objects; 8. Models of the Universe; 9. The search for intergalactic atomic hydrogen; 10. The search for intergalactic ionised hydrogen; 11. The helium problem; 12. The hot big bang; 13. Helium formation in the hot big bang; 14. The detection of cosmic microwave radiation; 15. Astrophysical effects of the cosmic microwave radiation; 16. The isotropy of the cosmic microwave radiation; Indices.

Zusammenfassung

The exploration of the Universe, as conducted by physicists, astronomers, and cosmologists was one of the greatest intellectual adventures of the mid-twentieth century. This book, first published in 1971, tells the story of their achievements and the insight gained into the structure, history, working and scale of our Universe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: D. W. Sciama
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.01.1982
• EAN: 9780521287210
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28721-0
• Abmessung: 144 mm x 222 mm x 18 mm
• Gewicht: 428 g
• Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
• Serien: Cambridge Science Classics; Cambridge Science Classics
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Physik, Astronomie > Atomphysik, Kernphysik; SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, Nuclear physics