Cosmology
Cosmology
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Summary
This up-to-date introduction to modern cosmology is sufficiently systematic for use as a course text by physics or astronomy students and sufficiently self-contained for anyone with school science to understand.
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Cosmology by Michael Rowanrobinson
Written by a world expert in observational cosmology, this is the only introductory text on cosmology aimed at an undergraduate level. This highly popular book has been revised and updated and is now in its third edition. The author shows how different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma-rays, have contributed to our picture of the universe. This new edition includes rival theories of the universe as well as the tests which they can be subjected and recent results of such tests. Another special feature of this edition is the updated list of twenty current controversies in cosmology today.;This book is intended for undergraduate courses in cosmology in astronomy or physics departments. Interested non-specialistsMichael Rowan-Robinson is Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College, London, UK. He is one of Britain's foremost astronomers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198518846 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198518846 |
| Title | Cosmology |
| Author | Michael Rowanrobinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1996-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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