Cosmology and the universe

The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery.

The main objective of this book is to present the theory of general relativity in a direction that will be intelligible, informative, and interesting to the individual reader.

Este es el primer libro escrito por mí y seguramente escribiré uno próximo.

Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics.

The aim of this book is to analyze the all important implications of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle for a finite universe with very large mass-energy content such as ours.

The Encyclopedia of Cosmology, in four volumes, is a major, long-lasting, seminal reference at the graduate student level, laid out by the most prominent, respected researchers in the general field of Cosmology.

'Why'?

This volume contains the most important lecture notes by experts from condensed matter, particle physics and cosmology and is a MUST for young researchers and graduate students.

The subject of Quantum Cosmology is concerned with providing a quantum mechanical description of the universe as a whole and, within that description, to constructing a theory of the universe's initial condition whose predictions can be compared with observation.

Particle physics and cosmology are united in the standard hot big bang model.

This proceedings is a follow-up for the TASI series held annually to discuss the current theoretical and experimental status in elementary particle physics.

The attempt to understand the nature of particle physics at the weak scale is the major goal of the current generation of collider facilities.

This School presented topics of current interest in high energy physics including Superstrings, Unified Theories and Cosmology.

Gerard and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs are among the most prominent and respected astronomers of this century.

The interface between particle physics and cosmology, known as astroparticle physics, can play a key role in our understanding of the universe.

This book collects 30 articles on elementary particle theory, quantum field theory, general relativity and cosmology contributed by well known experts in honour of Prof.

The papers in this volume present a recent survey of important results in the field of supernovae and pulsars.

This volume is concerned with the broad areas related to high energy astrophysics stressing the processes in the compact objects and active galaxies.

This is a collection of lectures on topics in cosmology and elementary particles with emphasis on astrophysics.

This year's GIFT Seminar reviewed some recent developments and new perspectives on Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology.

This book deals mainly with gravitational physics and its application to the very early universe and models for relativistic objects.

This volume discusses the latest developments in the quantum theory of gravity.

This book provides an updated understanding of the progress and current problems in the interplay between fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

These conferences are the major forum for dissemination of new research results by cosmic ray physicists.

This meeting gathered nine of the world's leading experts in high energy physics and cosmology.

Most of the relevant topics on the dark matter in the universe are discussed.

This volume contains five mini-courses: Nakedly Singular Solutions of Einstein's Equations (K Lake); Clifford Algebras, Relativity and Quantum Mechanics (P Lounesto); Numerical Relativity and Dynamical Evolution of Black Hole Spacetimes (R Matzner); Soliton and Vacua in Relativity Theory Revisited (G W Gibbons); Cosmic Strings and Their Observational Consequences (E P S Shellard); and seventy-seven research papers by Latin American scientists.

A notable feature of this volume is the emphasis on the role of quark matter as well as the cosmic QCD phase transition in cosmology and astrophysics.

Over the past few years we have seen remarkable, and at times independent advances in the understanding of extended objects like strings, black holes and membranes at the 'microscopic' level.

This volume provides an updated understanding of the progress and current problems in the interplay between fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

The Relativity Meeting 1991 was devoted to the review of recent developments in gravity theory.

This international conference focussed on several exciting frontier areas of particle physics at energy scales not realizable in terrestrial accelerators and their significance in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology.

This volume includes general reviews of recent developments in particle physics, cosmology, solar neutrinos, selected topics in astroparticle theory, new methods and projects in underground physics (such as gallium-germanium solar neutrino detector SAGE, Underground Scintillation Telescope, and EAS array "e;Carpet"e;), dark matter and double beta decay searches.

This volume treats various facets of the dark matter problem.

Galaxies represent the most readily visible fabric of the cosmos.

This volume records the latest experimental and theoretical results on anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

This volume explores the recent trends in particle physics and cosmology.

This book contains the lectures delivered at the Second Paris Cosmology Colloquium (second 'Journee Cosmologie') held at the Observatoire de Paris from June 2 to 4, 1994.

This volume contains original material and fresh ideas from the world's leading specialists on a wide range of topics in general relativity, astrophysics and cosmology.

Thermal field theory is the study of quantum field theory at non-zero temperature.