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Cosmology
Cosmology: The Science of the Universe is a broad introduction to the science of modern cosmology, with emphasis on its historical origins. The first edition of this best-selling book received worldwide acclaim for its lucid style and wide-ranging exploration of the universe. This eagerly awaited second edition updates and greatly extends the first with seven new chapters that explore early scientific cosmology, Cartesian and Newtonian world systems, cosmology after Newton and before Einstein, special relativity, observational cosmology, inflation and creation of the universe. All chapters conclude with a section entitled Reflections containing provocative topics that will foster lively debate. The new Projects section, also at the end of each chapter, raises questions and issues to challenge the reader.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: Mar 28th, 2000
- Pages: 578
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - 0002
- Dimensions: 9.80in - 7.10in - 1.60in - 3.05lb
- EAN: 9780521661485
- Categories: • Space Science - Cosmology• Physics - Nuclear
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What people are saying
Sarah Salviander
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Astrophysicist and Christian. Interested in the intersection of science and religion. I like games, sci-fi, and weightlifting, too.
@DrBrianKeating A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking Cosmos – Carl Sagan Six Easy Pieces – Richard Feynman Black Holes and Time Warps – Kip Thorne Cosmology – Edward Harrison
Praise for this book
"Unusual, discursive, nonmathematical, full of reflective comments and disturbing questions, packed with unexpected citations....A beginning serious interest in cosmology can find no better satisfaction than in this helpful overview...this book may well blow your mind." Scientific American
"This very well written book belongs on the shelf of all physicists and in all libraries." Choice
"Harrison's text owes its appeal to its literate presentation of a wide variety of cosmological topics, from the creation myths of ancient Babylon to the relativistic models of Alexander Friedman...so much of Harrison's book is timeless, and so much of it is unique, that it deserves to stay in print for a long time. Like the subject of cosmology itself, Harrison's Cosmology is simultaneously uplifiting and exasperating. Perhaps that is why I admire it so much and will be recommending it to students for many years to come." American Journal of Physics
What people are saying
Sarah Salviander
@sarahsalviander
2 years
Astrophysicist and Christian. Interested in the intersection of science and religion. I like games, sci-fi, and weightlifting, too.
@DrBrianKeating A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking Cosmos – Carl Sagan Six Easy Pieces – Richard Feynman Black Holes and Time Warps – Kip Thorne Cosmology – Edward Harrison