Observational and Physical Cosmology
This book portrays a vision of modern cosmology which ranges from the most recent ideas on the very early universe, discussed by V. N. Lukash and I. D. Novikov, to present studies about large scale structure in chapters by B. Jones and J. Einasto. Special attention is paid to the theoretical and observational aspects of primordial nucleosynthesis by Hubert Reeves and Bernard Pagel and to the microwave background radiation which were discussed by J. L. Sanz. It records the proceedings of the Second Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics at which eight eminent figures in cosmology gathered to discuss this exciting field.
- Proceedings of the Second Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics
- Contributions from 8 eminent figures in cosmology
- Exciting area of astrophysics
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"...can be recommended to a wide readership: students and teachers in astronomy or astrophysics, and specialists in these fields for a short, precise, and up-to-date overview on observational and physical cosmology." I. Halm, Astrophysics and Space Science
Product details
February 1992Hardback
9780521419963
352 pages
256 × 179 × 21 mm
0.778kg
42 b/w illus. 5 tables
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- 1. Lectures on the very early universe V. N. Lukash and I. D. Novikov
- 2. Primordial nucleosynthesis Hubert Reeves
- 3. Big Bang nucleosynthesis and abundances of light elements Bernard E. J. Pagel
- 4. The microwave sky Jose Luis Sanz
- 5. The large scale structure of the universe Bernard J. T. Jones
- 6. Large-scale structure of the universe Jaan Einasto.