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Cosmology : a first course / Marc Lachièze-Rey ; translated by John Simmons.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: vii, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521474418 (cased)
  • 0521479665
  • 9780521474412 (cased)
  • 9780521479660
Uniform titles:
  • Initiation à la cosmologie. English
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Contents:
1. Discovering the cosmos. 1.1. The universe as it appears. 1.2. The distribution of matter. 1.3. Distances and velocities in the universe -- 2. The relativistic universe. 2.1. The theories of relativity. 2.2. Relativistic cosmography. 2.3. Causality and horizons -- 3. The dynamics of the universe. 3.1. The metric of the universe. 3.2. The matter dominated universe. 3.3. Big bang models -- 4. The primordial universe. 4.1. Towards the big bang. 4.2. Events in the primordial universe. 4.3. Primordial nucleosynthesis. 4.4. The very early universe -- 5. Galaxy formation. 5.1. Gravitation and fluctuations. 5.2. The growth of fluctuations -- 6. Conclusions.
Summary: This book delivers a quantitative account of the science of cosmology, designed to a non-specialist audience. The basic principles are outlined using simple mathematics and physics, but still providing rigorous models of the universe. It offers an ideal introduction to the key ideas in cosmology, without going into technical details. The approach used is based on the fundamental ideas of general relativity, such as the spacetime interval, comoving coordinates, and spacetime curvature. It provides an up to date and thoughtful discussion of the big bang and the crucial issues of structure and galaxy formation. Questions of method and philosophical approaches in cosmology are also briefly discussed. Advanced undergraduates in either physics or mathematics would benefit greatly from the book's use either as a course text or as a supplementary guide to cosmology courses.
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This 1995 book delivers a quantitative account of the science of cosmology, designed for a non-specialist audience. The basic principles are outlined using simple maths and physics, while still providing rigorous models of the Universe. It offers an ideal introduction to the key ideas in cosmology, without going into technical details. The approach used is based on the fundamental ideas of general relativity such as the spacetime interval, comoving co-ordinates, and spacetime curvature. It provides a thoughtful discussion of the big bang, and the crucial questions of structure and galaxy formation. Questions of method and philosophical approaches in cosmology are also briefly discussed. This book will still be of value those interested physics and mathematics, particularly non-specialists.

1. Discovering the cosmos. 1.1. The universe as it appears. 1.2. The distribution of matter. 1.3. Distances and velocities in the universe -- 2. The relativistic universe. 2.1. The theories of relativity. 2.2. Relativistic cosmography. 2.3. Causality and horizons -- 3. The dynamics of the universe. 3.1. The metric of the universe. 3.2. The matter dominated universe. 3.3. Big bang models -- 4. The primordial universe. 4.1. Towards the big bang. 4.2. Events in the primordial universe. 4.3. Primordial nucleosynthesis. 4.4. The very early universe -- 5. Galaxy formation. 5.1. Gravitation and fluctuations. 5.2. The growth of fluctuations -- 6. Conclusions.

This book delivers a quantitative account of the science of cosmology, designed to a non-specialist audience. The basic principles are outlined using simple mathematics and physics, but still providing rigorous models of the universe. It offers an ideal introduction to the key ideas in cosmology, without going into technical details. The approach used is based on the fundamental ideas of general relativity, such as the spacetime interval, comoving coordinates, and spacetime curvature. It provides an up to date and thoughtful discussion of the big bang and the crucial issues of structure and galaxy formation. Questions of method and philosophical approaches in cosmology are also briefly discussed. Advanced undergraduates in either physics or mathematics would benefit greatly from the book's use either as a course text or as a supplementary guide to cosmology courses.

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