Elementary cosmology : from Aristotle's universe to the big bang and beyond /

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Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kolata, J. J. (James J.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 2.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Cosmology.
SCIENCE / Cosmology.
Cosmology and the universe.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Author biography
  • 1. The scientific method
  • 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method
  • 1.2. Some mathematics
  • 2. Early astronomy
  • 3. Nebulae
  • 4. Cosmic distances
  • 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder
  • 4.2. Spiral nebulae : are they extragalactic?
  • 4.3. The chemical composition of stars
  • 5. Space-time
  • 5.1. The speed of light
  • 5.2. The special theory of relativity
  • 5.3. The general theory of relativity
  • 5.4. Universal expansion
  • 6. The Big Bang
  • 6.1. The structure and history of the Universe
  • 6.2. The geometry of space-time
  • 6.3. The father of the Big Bang
  • 6.4. The creation of the element
  • 7. Cosmic microwave background radiation
  • 7.1. The 'smoking gun' of the Big Bang
  • 7.2. Decoupling
  • 7.3. How bright is the CMB?
  • 7.4. 'Matter dominated' versus 'radiation dominated' Universes
  • 7.5. How uniform is the CMB?
  • 8. Dark matter
  • 8.1. Dark matter defined
  • 8.2. Non-baryonic dark matter
  • 9. The standard model of cosmology
  • 9.1. Nucleosynthesis
  • 9.2. The birth and death of stars
  • 9.3. The size of the Universe
  • 10. The very early Big Bang
  • 10.1. The four forces of nature
  • 10.2. The quantum nature of forces
  • 10.3. The unification of forces
  • 10.4. The quark model
  • 10.5. The leptons
  • 10.6. The gluons
  • 10.7. The standard model of high-energy physics
  • 10.8. The history of the Universe : the early frames
  • 10.9. Why matter rather than antimatter?
  • 11. Inflation
  • 11.1. The horizon problem
  • 11.2. The flatness problem
  • 11.3. The smoothness problem
  • 11.4. The magnetic monopole problem
  • 11.5. Inflation
  • 11.6. How inflation solves the Big Bang problems
  • 12. Dark energy
  • 12.1. The curvature of space-time
  • 12.2. The accelerating universal expansion
  • 12.3. Dark energy and the CMB
  • 12.4. Is there a signature of inflation in the CMB?
  • 13. Higher dimensions
  • 13.1. Field theories
  • 13.2. Kaluza-Klein theory
  • 13.3. Compactification
  • 13.4. QED
  • 13.5. Quantization of the weak and strong forces
  • 13.6. Early attempts at a quantum theory of gravity
  • 14. String theory
  • 14.1. Particles and 'string'
  • 14.2. M-theory
  • 14.3. The multiverse
  • 15. Black holes and wormholes
  • 15.1. The life of the Sun
  • 15.2. The life of massive stars
  • 15.3. Neutron stars
  • 15.4. Black holes
  • 15.5. Some properties of black holes
  • 15.6. The thermodynamics of black holes
  • 15.7. Hawking radiation
  • 15.8. The singularity at the center of a black hole
  • 16. Reading list
  • 17. Links to astronomy websites.

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