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This book presents a history of cosmology, covering the scientific developments from the time of the early Greek philosophers until the present day. It introduces the most important discoveries in cosmology, and how they altered our perceptions of the origin, size, structure, and evolution of the universe.

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This book presents a history of cosmology, covering the scientific developments from the time of the early Greek philosophers until the present day. It introduces the most important discoveries in cosmology, and how they altered our perceptions of the origin, size, structure, and evolution of the universe.
Autorenporträt
James J Kolata is an Emeritus Professor of nuclear physics at the University of Notre Dame. He received his BS from Marquette University, and his MS and PhD from Michigan State University. Before coming to Notre Dame, he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and at the University of Pittsburgh. This book is from his elective course at Notre Dame entitled Elementary Cosmology.