Observational Cosmology

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Serjeant is a Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics at The Open University, and co-leads the SCUBA-2 All-Sky Survey and the active galaxies science theme of the ATLAS Key Project on the Herschel Space Observatory. He also coordinates the science faculty's broadcasting at The Open University and is the lead science academic for the BBC1 science show Bang Goes the Theory. Klappentext A comprehensive and up-to-date treatment, this advanced undergraduate textbook enables students to use quantitative physical methods to understand the Universe. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of observational cosmology! this advanced undergraduate textbook enables students to use quantitative physical methods to understand the Universe. It contains full-colour figures! worked examples! exercises with solutions! and clearly identifiable key facts and equations. Suggestions for further reading provide jumping-off points for further study. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Space and time; 2. The cosmic microwave background; 3. The local Universe; 4. The distant optical Universe; 5. The distant multiwavelength Universe; 6. Black holes; 7. Gravitational lensing; 8. The intervening Universe; Epilogue; Appendices; Solutions; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Serjeant, Stephen (The Open University Serjeant, Serjeant Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521192316
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19231-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology