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. 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. Marc Lachièze-rey ; Translated By John Simmons.

Lachieze-Rey, Marc

Marc Lachieze-Rey

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1995

September 29, 1995

October 27, 1995

1, FR, 1995

Obscured text.

Translated from the French J. Simmons.

vii, 136 pages : 24 cm
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
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 cosmology, designed for a nonspecialist audience. The author outlines basic principles using simple math and physics, but still provides rigorous models of the universe. He 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. The book provides an up-to-date and thoughtful discussion of the Big Bang and the crucial questions of structure and galaxy formation. The author also briefly discusses questions of method and philosophical approaches in cosmology. Advanced undergraduates in either physics or mathematics will benefit greatly from this book, either as a course text or as a supplementary guide to cosmology courses.

A quantitative 1995 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.

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