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Introduction to Cosmology 4e (Paperback, 4th Edition)
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Introduction to Cosmology 4e (Paperback, 4th Edition)
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The Fourth Edition ofIntroduction to Cosmology provides a concise,
authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting
from elementary principles and the early history of cosmology, the
text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, special
and general relativity, gravitational lensing, the thermal history
of the Universe, and cosmological models, including extended
gravity models, black holes and Hawking's recent conjectures on the
not-so-black holes. Introduction to Cosmology, Fourth Edition
includes: * New theoretical approaches and in-depth material on
observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical
phenomena * Illustrations throughout and comprehensive references
with problems at the end of each chapter and a rich index at the
end of the book * Latest observational results from WMAP9, ACT, and
Planck, and all cosmological parameters have been brought up to
date. This text is invaluable for undergraduate students in physics
and astrophysics taking a first course in cosmology. Extensively
revised, this latest edition extends the chapter on cosmic
inflation to the recent schism on eternal inflation and
multiverses. Dark matter is discussed on galaxy and cluster scales,
and dark matter candidates are presented, some requiring a
five-dimensional universe and several representing various types of
exotica. In the context of cosmic structures the cold dark matter
paradigm is described. Dark energy models include the cosmological
constant, quintessence and other single field models, f(R) models
and models requiring extra dimensions.
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