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The author - a leading theoretical cosmologist - expands on his
widely acclaimed lecture notes in this self-contained textbook,
suitable for the advanced undergraduate or starting graduate level.
Presenting the key theoretical foundations of cosmology and
describing the observations that have turned the subject into a
precision science, the author keeps the student in mind on every
page by explaining concepts step-by-step, in an approachable
manner. After describing the dynamics of the homogeneous universe,
the book traces the evolution of small density fluctuations, which
were created quantum-mechanically during inflation and are today
observed in the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale
structure of the universe. The book is ideally suited as a course
companion or for self-study. With all necessary background material
covered, students have everything they need to establish an
unrivalled understanding of the subject. Complete with many worked
examples, figures, and homework problems, this textbook is a
definitive resource for advanced students in physics, astronomy and
applied mathematics.
The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology
and string theory. Observations of the cosmic microwave background
have revealed strong evidence for inflationary expansion in the
very early universe, while new insights about compactifications of
string theory have led to a deeper understanding of inflation in a
framework that unifies quantum mechanics and general relativity.
Written by two of the leading researchers in the field, this
complete and accessible volume provides a modern treatment of
inflationary cosmology and its connections to string theory and
elementary particle theory. After an up-to-date experimental
summary, the authors present the foundations of effective field
theory, string theory, and string compactifications, setting the
stage for a detailed examination of models of inflation in string
theory. Three appendices contain background material in geometry
and cosmological perturbation theory, making this a self-contained
resource for graduate students and researchers in string theory,
cosmology, and related fields.
The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology
and string theory. Observations of the cosmic microwave background
have revealed strong evidence for inflationary expansion in the
very early universe, while new insights about compactifications of
string theory have led to a deeper understanding of inflation in a
framework that unifies quantum mechanics and general relativity.
Written by two of the leading researchers in the field, this
complete and accessible volume provides a modern treatment of
inflationary cosmology and its connections to string theory and
elementary particle theory. After an up-to-date experimental
summary, the authors present the foundations of effective field
theory, string theory, and string compactifications, setting the
stage for a detailed examination of models of inflation in string
theory. Three appendices contain background material in geometry
and cosmological perturbation theory, making this a self-contained
resource for graduate students and researchers in string theory,
cosmology, and related fields.
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Niko Pirosmani: Black Light
Niko Pirosmani; Edited by Malou Wedel Bruun, Poul Erik Tøjner; Contributions by Mamma Andersson, Thea Djordjadze, …
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R671
Discovery Miles 6 710
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Writings on Wade Guyton (Paperback)
Daniel Baumann, Johanna Burton, Bettina Funcke, John Kelsey, Vincent Pecoil, …
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Niko Pirosmani
Sam Keller, Daniel Baumann; Designed by Dan Solbach
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R1,310
Discovery Miles 13 100
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A Legendary Artist Revisited Unknown to many, Niko Pirosmani is
revered as a legend in his native Georgia. Conveying a sense of
poignant empathy, his portraits, animal paintings, landscapes and
scenes from everyday life painted around 1900 in a flourishing
Tbilisi draw on medieval iconography and testify to a deeply felt
sense of belonging. At the same time, the avant-garde recognised a
novel and radically new form of painting in his work. Like Henri
Rousseau or Marc Chagall, Pirosmani is one of the exceptional yet
difficult to categorize proponents of early modern art. This
catalogue demonstrates Pirosmani’s qualities in numerous
illustrations, showing how his rapid brushstrokes on black oilcloth
give the sparsely applied colors a glow as if coming from a dark
depth. Pirosmani was a master of concentration-and a storyteller.
As expertly explained in the catalogue by a selection of Georgian
art historians, he was a unique artist, a contradictory figure and
an important part of the art scene in Tbilisi, then considered the
“Paris of the East.”
In 1936, an American ornithologist named James Bond published the
definitive taxonomy Birds of the West Indies. Ian Fleming, an
active bird-watcher living in Jamaica, appropriated the name for
his novel's lead character. He found it "flat and colourless," a
fitting choice for a character intended to be "anonymous. . . a
blunt instrument in the hands of the government." In Field Guide to
Birds of the West Indies, Taryn Simon (*1975) casts herself as
James Bond (1900-1989) the ornithologist, and identifies,
photographs, and classifies all the birds that appear within the
twenty-four films of the James Bond franchise. The appearance of
many of the birds was unplanned and virtually undetected, operating
as background noise for whatever set they happened to fly into.
Simon's ornithological discoveries occupy a liminal space-confined
within the fiction of the James Bond universe and yet wholly
separate from it. This taxonomy of 331 birds is a precise
consideration of a new nature found in an alternate reality.
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