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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silk, Joseph, 1942- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology--Popular works.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Joseph Silk guides the reader through the modern understanding of the cosmos, in a narrative that brings together the latest theory and observation and combines science with literary quotations to capture our growing understanding of the vastness and wonder of our universe.

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; 1 Introduction; 2 Perspectives; 3 Principles; 4 Our neighbourhood; 5 The universe of galaxies; 6 The invisible cosmos; 7 Supermassive black holes and galaxy formation; 8 Clusters and clustering; 9 Space is nearly flat; 10 Dark energy and the runaway universe; 11 The panacea of cold dark matter; 12 Origins; 13 The seeds of structure; 14 Beyond the beginning; 15 Towards the infinite universe; 16 From time to time machines; 17 A brief moment in time; 18 Into the infinite future; 19 And so to God; 20 Where next?; INDEX;

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-02101-5

1-280-75883-X

0-19-152308-9

1-4237-6777-2

OCLC:

476259248

Publisher Number:

9780198505105