Jayant V. Narlikar is Emeritus Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India. Known for his work on cosmology, Narlikar served as President of the Cosmology Commission of the International Astronomical Union (1994-97). Other books by Professor Narlikar include An Introduction to Cosmology (now in its third edition, 2002) and Current Issues in Cosmology (with Jean-Claude Pecker, 2006), both with Cambridge University Press.
1. Ancient cosmologies
2. The Greek epicycles
3. Reaching out to the milky way
4. Our position in the galaxy
5. The world of galaxies
6. The expanding universe
7. Modelling the universe
8. What is the geometry of the universe like?
9. A universe without a beginning and without an end
10. The cosmological debate 1950-1965
11. The origin of the chemical elements
12. Cosmic microwave background
13. The very early universe
14. Dark matter and dark energy
15. An alternative cosmology
16. Unfaced challenges in cosmology
17. Epilogue.
