Cosmology and the universe

An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Third Edition is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas.

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century.

In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c.

This book is a gentle introduction for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos.

This book derives and analyzes all solutions to the Kepler problem with dark energy (DE), presenting significant results such as: (a) all radial infinite motions obey Hubble's law at large times; (b) all orbital infinite motions are asymptotically radial and obey Hubble's law; (c) infinite orbital motions strongly dominate the finite ones.

Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to compact objects, gravitational waves and cosmology.

The eleventh COSPAR colloquium The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 24-28 July, 2000, and is the second dedicated to this subject after the first one held in Warsaw, Poland in 1989.

Proceedings from the 2012 Fourth International Meeting on Gravitation and Cosmology, focusing on accelerated cosmic expansionThis volume provides both an update and a review of the state of alternative theories of gravity in connection with the accelerated expansion of the universe issue.

This volume extends the ISSI series on magnetic fields in the Universe into the domain of what are by far the strongest fields in the Universe, and stronger than any field that could be produced on Earth.

The construction of large interferometers for gravitational wave detection is now in progress in Europe and in the United States.

Since the successful refurbishment mission, the Hubble Space Telescope has made dramatic and exciting progress in unravelling the nature of sources at high redshift.

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.

From the Nobel Prizewinning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural scienceA century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that kept changing, from a mechanical model of the ether to electric and magnetic fields, and from homogeneous matter to electrons and atoms.

The Earth is not the world it once was, and it is not the world it will always be.

The acclaimed science writer presents "e;an exceedingly vivid history of modern astronomy and cosmology, told in entertainingly biographical terms"e; (The New York Times).

This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.

This book takes the reader on an exploration of the Cosmos, from Mesopotamia and Egypt to China; it unveils the fascinating development of astronomy and mathematics.

This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes.

This book gives an intermediate level treatment of quantum field theory, appropriate to a reader with a first degree in physics and a working knowledge of special relativity and quantum mechanics.

In recent decades, twistor theory has grown into an irreplaceable tool for the study of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity.

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.

Complete and comprehensive introduction for physics graduate students just entering the field, and an authoritative reference for researchers.

Explains the fundamentals of astronomy together with the hottest current topics in this field, such as exoplanets and gravitational waves.

This thesis reports the measurement of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance and electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in a muon neutrino and antineutrino beam using the T2K experiment.

Thoroughly revised and updated introduction to past and present cosmological theory.

Recent discoveries in astronomy, especially those made with data collected by satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, have revolutionized the science of cosmology.

Galaxies represent the most readily visible fabric of the cosmos.

Pionnier dans l’étude de la gravité quantique, Carlo Rovelli propose dans ce livre une vaste fresque des grandes avancées de la physique.

The Astrophotography Manual, Second Edition is for photographers ready to move beyond standard SLR cameras and editing software to create beautiful images of nebulas, galaxies, clusters, and the stars.

"e;If you think that science has nothing to do with God, and vice versa, read this book-and you just may change your mind.

The book presents pedagogical reviews of important topics on high energy physics to the students and researchers in particle physics.

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.

Introduction to relativity, ideal as part of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics.

A special forum on critical issues in cosmology in celebraton of Princeton University's 250th birthday.

This thesis presents significant new results on the problem of understanding the origin of dark energy in cosmology.

At this very moment the most ambitious scientific experiment of all time is beginning, and yet its precise aims are little understood by the general public.

An account of classic and contemporary aspects of astrophysics, with an emphasis on analytical calculations and physical understanding.

This edited volume presents the current state of gas accretion studies from both observational and theoretical perspectives, and charts our progress towards answering the fundamental yet elusive question of how galaxies get their gas.

The Provocative Classic The Privileged Planet in a Fully Revised, 20th Anniversary Edition!

This book highlights a comprehensive coverage of X--ray and Gamma-ray astrophysics.

This book contains the lectures delivered at the Fourth Paris Cosmology Colloquium held at the Observatoire de Paris from June 4 - 9, 1997.

An Introduction to the Evolution of Single and Binary Stars provides physicists with an understanding of binary and single star evolution, beginning with a background and introduction of basic astronomical concepts.

The Cosmos Explainedis an exciting and beautifully designed book that charts the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond.

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.

In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy.

In the last fifteen years, various areas of high energy physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics have converged on the study of cosmology so that any graduate student in these disciplines today needs a reasonably self-contained introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).

This book discusses theoretical predictions and their comparison with experiments of extended and modified classical and quantum theories of gravity.