Peter Coles (Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and Head of the

Broschiertes Buch

Cosmology

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.

Autor

Peter Coles is Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and Head of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex. He has co-written two textbooks on cosmology, and over a hundred technical articles on various aspects of the Big Bang theory. He is also author of Einstein and the Total Eclipse and Hawking and the Mind of God.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9780192854162
• ISBN-10: 019285416X
• Artikelnr.: 21611309