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Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of in



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"James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"

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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Introduction, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*I. Golden Moments in Cosmology 1912-1950, pg. 1*II. The Homogeneity and Isotropy of the Universe, pg. 31*III. Hubble's Constant and the Cosmic Time Scale, pg. 43*IV. The Mean Mass Density of the Universe, pg. 56*V. The Microwave Background and the Primeval Fireball Hypothesis, pg. 121*VI. A Child's Garden of Cosmological Models, pg. 159*VII. History of the Universe - Scenarios, pg. 190*VIII. Primeval Helium, pg. 240*Appendix. Notation, Conventions and Units, pg. 278

Physical Cosmology

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691620138, 978-0691620138
      ISBN10: 069162013X
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      Book Synopsis

      Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of in



      Trade Review
      "James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"

      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Introduction, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*I. Golden Moments in Cosmology 1912-1950, pg. 1*II. The Homogeneity and Isotropy of the Universe, pg. 31*III. Hubble's Constant and the Cosmic Time Scale, pg. 43*IV. The Mean Mass Density of the Universe, pg. 56*V. The Microwave Background and the Primeval Fireball Hypothesis, pg. 121*VI. A Child's Garden of Cosmological Models, pg. 159*VII. History of the Universe - Scenarios, pg. 190*VIII. Primeval Helium, pg. 240*Appendix. Notation, Conventions and Units, pg. 278

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