Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of investigation. Intended to bridge the chasm between classical textbooks on cosmology and modern developments, Physical Cosmology serves as a guide to current points of debate in a rapidly changing field. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
By:
P. James E. Peebles,
Edwin Peebles
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1790
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780691620138
ISBN 10: 069162013X
Series: Princeton Series in Physics
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 08 March 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Introduction, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*I. Golden Moments in Cosmology 1912-1950, pg. 1*II. The Homogeneity and Isotropy of the Universe, pg. 31*III. Hubble's Constant and the Cosmic Time Scale, pg. 43*IV. The Mean Mass Density of the Universe, pg. 56*V. The Microwave Background and the Primeval Fireball Hypothesis, pg. 121*VI. A Child's Garden of Cosmological Models, pg. 159*VII. History of the Universe - Scenarios, pg. 190*VIII. Primeval Helium, pg. 240*Appendix. Notation, Conventions and Units, pg. 278
Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Nobel Prizewinning physicist and the author of Cosmology's Century, Principles of Physical Cosmology, and Quantum Mechanics (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
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""James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics""
