Cosmology, the study of the universe, arouses a great deal of public interest, with serious articles both in the scientific press and in major newspapers, with many of the theories and concepts (e.
This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end.
Dynamical systems theory is especially well-suited for determining the possible asymptotic states (at both early and late times) of cosmological models, particularly when the governing equations are a finite system of autonomous ordinary differential equations.
It is with great joy that we present a collection of essays written in honour of Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, who completed 60 years of age on July 19, 1998, by his friends and colleagues, including several of his for- mer students.
In recent years there has been a steadily increasing cross-fertilization between cosmology and particle physics, on both the theoretical and experimental levels.
An up-to-date presentation of the progress and current problems in the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, large scale structure formation, and the interplay between them.
This NATO Advanced Study Institute provided an up dated understanding, from a fundamental and deep point of view, of the progress and current problems in the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, large scale structure, dark matter problem, and the interplay between them.
These are the proceedings of an international meeting hosted by the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the UKIRT, the United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope.
This is volume 6 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy.
'Gravity, a Geometrical Course' presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution.
'Gravity, a Geometrical Course' presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution.
Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world.
The goal of the Daniel Chalonge School on Astrofundamental Physics is to contribute to a theory of the universe (and particularly of the early universe) up to the marks, and at the scientific height of, the unprecedented accuracy, existent and expected, in the observational data.
E' un libro che parla di fisica rivolgendosi a lettori che non hanno necessariamente una preparazione specifica in questo campo, ma sono comunque interessati a scoprire la novità, l'originalità e le possibili strane implicazioni di alcune sorprendenti idee utilizzate dalla fisica teorica moderna.
Il libro è basato sulle lezioni attualmente tenute dall'autore presso l’Università di Bari, ed è progettato in modo da rappresentare un testo di riferimento il più possibile moderno, completo e autosufficiente per i corsi semestrale di Cosmologia, Astrofisica o Fisica Astroparticellare che compaiono nel piano di studi della Laurea Magistrale in Fisica e in Astronomia.
For many thousands of years, human beings have been asking themselves whether they are more frightened of being alone in the universe or of the thought that there is someone else out there.
The first two chapters of the book deal, in a detailed way, with relativistic kinematics and dynamics, while in the third chapter some elementary concepts of General Relativity are given.
En esta guía, pensada para acompañarnos en la aventura de descubrir el cielo y concebida y organizada para ser utilizada durante la propia observación, los objetos celestes aparecen agrupados por constelaciones, y estas, a su vez, por la época del año en la que son visibles.
La disposición general de esta obra permanece como en la edición rusa: una presentación primero de formación astronómica, luego de la naturaleza de la vida y de su posible concurrencia en nuestro sistema solar y, finalmente, un tratamiento de la posibilidad de que existan en los planetas de otras estrellas civilizaciones técnicas comunicativas adelantadas.
El universo no es solo un lugar, sino una historia, un inmenso acontecimiento de energía, que se ha desplegado a lo largo del tiempo para convertirse en galaxias y estrellas, la música de Bach y cada uno de los seres que lo habita.
"Un relato elegante, instructivo y en ocasiones emotivo, libre de tecnicismos, sobre las poderosas influencias científicas, filosóficas y humanitarias que subyacen tras los impulsos personales de este prestigioso físico matemático.
Aquesta guia ofereix als astroturistes les informacions essencials per saber, planeta per planeta, astre per astre, què heu de visitar, quines excursions projectar, com organitzar el creuer de la millor manera possible sobre la base del vostre desig d'aventura.
És un llibre amè i divulgatiu, en què l'autor explica curiositats com la formació de les primeres galàxies o perquè l'aigua és salada, o la hipòtesi de quan es preveu que s'esgotin les reserves del petroli.
