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After the first three minutes : the story of our universe /

How does our Universe evolve? And how did structures like stars and galaxies form? In recent years, scientists' understanding of these profound questions has developed enormously. This book presents a clear and detailed picture of contemporary cosmology for the general reader. Unlike existing p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Padmanabhan, T. (Thanu), 1957-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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505 0 |a 1. Introducing the universe. 1.1. Cosmic inventory. 1.2. The great questions -- 2. Matter, radiation and forces. 2.1. A microscopic tour. 2.2. Forces of nature. 2.3. Building blocks of matter. 2.4. Radiation: packets of light. 2.5. Interaction of matter and light -- 3. Observing the universe. 3.1. The cosmic rainbow. 3.2. Seeing is believing. 3.3. Heat in the sky. 3.4. Music of the heavens. 3.5. The cosmic tan. 3.6. X-raying the universe. 3.7. Gamma-ray astronomy -- 4. Getting to know the universe. 4.1. Stars: Nature's nuclear plants. 4.2. Story of a star. 4.3. Supernovae: the violent end. 4.4. Neutron stars and pulsars. 4.5. Black holes. 4.6. Galaxies. 4.7. The Milky Way -- our home. 4.8. Groups and clusters of galaxies -- 5. The expanding universe. 5.1. Expansion of the universe. 5.2. The universe has a past! 5.3. Dark matter: weight without light. 5.4. The very early universe. 5.5. The quantum universe: science of genesis -- 6. Forming the galaxies. 6.1. Gravitational instability. 6.2. Testing the paradigm. 6.3. Density contrast: the ups and downs. 6.4. Dark matter and normal matter. 6.5. Dark matter in two flavours: hot and cold. 6.6. Why hot dark matter does not work. 6.7. Scenarios with cold dark matter. 6.8. COBE: first glimpse of the truth. 6.9. Desperate models. 6.10. The gamut of observations. 6.11. The first structures -- 7. The universe at high redshift. 7.1. Probing the past. 7.2. Quasars: the enigmatic machines. 7.3. Radio galaxies and active galactic nuclei. 7.4. Quasar spectra and the intergalactic medium. 7.5. High redshift objects and structure formation. 7.6. Gravitational lensing -- 8. Open questions. 8.1. The broad picture. 8.2. A critique of structure formation. 
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