The infinite cosmos : questions from the frontiers of cosmology / Joseph Silk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silk, Joseph, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In he Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savillian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, its structure, its evolution, and its possible fate, combining the latest from theory and observation. The narrative is peppered with quotations from literature and philosophy, and reflects too on the process of scientific discovery and the implications of our discoveries.

Contents:

4 Our neighbourhood 20

5 The universe of galaxies 29

6 The invisible cosmos 46

7 Supermassive black holes and galaxy formation 56

8 Clusters and clustering 65

9 Space is nearly flat 76

10 Dark energy and the runaway universe 86

11 The panacea of cold dark matter 94

12 Origins 104

13 The seeds of structure 135

14 Beyond the beginning 170

15 Towards the infinite universe 180

16 From time to time machines 194

17 A brief moment in time 206

18 Into the infinite future 210

19 And so to God 218

20 Where next? 226.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0198505108

OCLC:

61756536

Publisher Number:

9780198505105