{"product_id":"cosmology-9780471489092","title":"Cosmology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the this addition include:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn overall introduction to the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTwo new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a table of physical constants\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe addition of a consolidated bibilography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 1: COSMOLOGICAL MODELS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First Principles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Friedmann Models.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternative Cosmologies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Observational Properties of the Universe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 2: THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thermal History of the Hot Big Bang Model.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Very Early Universe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Phase Transitions and Inflation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Lepton Era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Plasma Era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 3: THEORY OF STRUCTURE FORMATION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Jeans Theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gravitational Instability of Baryonic Matter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Non-Baryonic Matter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cosmological Perturbations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Non-Linear Evolution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Models of Structure Formation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART 4: OBSERVATIONAL TESTS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Statistics of Galaxy Clustering.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Cosmic Microwave Background.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Peculiar Motions of Galaxies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gravitational Lensing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The High-Redshift Universe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Forward Look.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402609369431,"sku":"9780471489092","price":61.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471489092.jpg?v=1730480948","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cosmology-9780471489092","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}