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Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology Exploring the Realm of Galaxies /
This book guides readers (astronomers, physicists, and university students) through central questions of Practical Cosmology, a term used by the late Allan Sandage to denote the modern scientific endeavor to find the cosmological model best describing the universe of galaxies, its geometry, size, ag...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Colección: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library,
383 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1 The golden age of cosmological physics
- Chapter 2 Distance measurement and cosmography
- Chapter 3 Cosmic distances and selection biases
- Chapter 4 Cosmological redshift and the distance scale
- Chapter 5 Gravitational physics for cosmic scales
- Chapter 6 Predictions of gravity theories
- Chapter 7 The Friedmann model
- Chapter 8 Classical observational tests of world models
- Chapter 9 Constructing universes: a gallery of ideas
- Chapter 10 Large-scale structure: methods of analysis
- Chapter 11 The inhomogeneous galaxy universe: observational results
- Chapter 12 Some outstanding problems of cosmological physics
- Appendices
- Bibliography.