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Cosmology : a very short introduction / Peter Coles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coles, Peter, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This work is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject as well as more modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings and dark matter.
- Contents:
- List of illustrations
- 1. A brief history
- 2. Einstein and all that
- 3. First principles
- 4. The expanding universe
- 5. The big bang
- 6. What's the matter with the universe?
- 7. Cosmic structures
- 8. A theory of everything?
- Epilogue
- Further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-154041-2
- OCLC:
- 958508727
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