Cosmology and the universe

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.

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.

This book presents fundamentals, equations, and methods of solutions of relativistic kinetic theory, with applications in astrophysics and cosmology.

This book addresses foundational questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology for a broad academic audience.

This book addresses foundational questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology for a broad academic audience.

This book presents fundamentals, equations, and methods of solutions of relativistic kinetic theory, with applications in astrophysics and cosmology.

A substantial update of this award-winning and highly regarded cosmology textbook, for advanced undergraduates in physics and astronomy.

A substantial update of this award-winning and highly regarded cosmology textbook, for advanced undergraduates in physics and astronomy.

A critical assessment of the standard cosmological model and its main challenger, modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND).

A critical assessment of the standard cosmological model and its main challenger, modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND).

This book relates Plato''s cosmology to his political philosophy by means of new interpretations of his Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws.

This book relates Plato''s cosmology to his political philosophy by means of new interpretations of his Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws.

Presents the state-of-the-art instrumentation and techniques of high time-resolution astrophysics over a wide range of wavelengths.

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

Proceedings of the conference ''Logical Foundations of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics - Kurt Gödel''s Legacy'', held in 1996.

An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe.

A systematic and self-contained account, which adopts a geometric approach to study the solutions of Einstein''s theory of gravity.

A systematic and self-contained account, which adopts a geometric approach to study the solutions of Einstein''s theory of gravity.

This book presents gravitational lensing as an essential tool in astrophysics for tracking dark matter at all scales in the Universe.

This book presents gravitational lensing as an essential tool in astrophysics for tracking dark matter at all scales in the Universe.

Incorporating recent discoveries in particle astrophysics, this updated edition provides an overview of high-energy cosmic rays, gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy.

Incorporating recent discoveries in particle astrophysics, this updated edition provides an overview of high-energy cosmic rays, gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores what makes the conditions on Earth ''just right'' to sustain life.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores what makes the conditions on Earth ''just right'' to sustain life.

An overview of modern cosmology, accessible to undergraduate students, with emphasis on physical foundations and relations to modern observations.

An overview of modern cosmology, accessible to undergraduate students, with emphasis on physical foundations and relations to modern observations.

The only solutions manual providing students with comprehensive cross-referenced solutions to Bernard Schutz''s A First Course in General Relativity.

The only solutions manual providing students with comprehensive cross-referenced solutions to Bernard Schutz''s A First Course in General Relativity.

A pedagogical and self-contained introduction to AdS/CFT correspondence aimed at graduate students and researchers across theoretical physics.

A pedagogical and self-contained introduction to AdS/CFT correspondence aimed at graduate students and researchers across theoretical physics.

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein''s discovery of general relativity.

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein''s discovery of general relativity.

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

Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

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

Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

Reviews the historical development of all the key areas of modern astrophysics.

Reviews the historical development of all the key areas of modern astrophysics.

A fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

This volume covers all aspects of cosmology and extragalactic astronomy at an advanced level.

A clear and authoritative book on all the fundamental physical processes graduate students need for research in astrophysics and cosmology.

Journey into the Depths of the UnexplainedIn a world teeming with scientific advancements, there remain questions so profound and perplexing that they defy the very fabric of our understanding.

A unique graduate textbook that develops powerful approximation methods and their applications to real-life astrophysical systems.

A unique graduate textbook that develops powerful approximation methods and their applications to real-life astrophysical systems.