Modern cosmology / D. W. Sciama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Cosmogony.

Physical Description:

viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1971.

Contents:

1 the physics of the stars

2 The Milky Way

3 External galaxies and the expansion of the Universe

4 Radio galaxies

5 Quasi-stellar objects

6 The radio source counts

7 The distribution of quasi-stellar objects

8 Models of the Universe

9 The search for intergalactic atomic hydrogen

10 The search for intergalactic ionised hydrogen

11 The helium problem

12 The hot big bang

13 Helium formation in the hot big bang

14 The detection of cosmic microwave radiation

15 Astrophysical effects of the cosmic microwave radiation

16 The isotropy of the cosmic microwave radiation.

ISBN:

052108069X

OCLC:

162083