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9780446678735

Understanding Cosmology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780446678735

  • ISBN10:

    0446678732

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Grand Central Pub
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Summary

What is the true nature of the universe and its ultimate fate? Drawing on ground-breaking observations, cosmologists have come up with startling theories presented in this collection. Issues expored include: The creation and fate of the universe, and the evolution of cosmology as a science.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Golden Age of Cosmology vii
Donald Goldsmith
Introduction 1(6)
Sandy Fritz
How Cosmology Became a Science
7(15)
Stephen G. Brush
The Evolution of the Universe
22(10)
P. James E. Peebles
David N. Schramm
Edwin L. Turner
Richard G. Kron
The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe
32(14)
Andrei Linde
Echoes from the Big Bang
46(9)
Robert R. Caldwell
Marc Kamionkowski
Inflation in a Low-Density Universe
55(17)
Martin A. Bucher
David N. Spergel
The Quintessential Universe
72(16)
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Paul J. Steinhardt
Cosmological Antigravity
88(12)
Lawrence M. Krauss
Quantum Cosmology and the Creation of the Universe
100(17)
Jonathan J. Halliwell
The Fate of Life in the Universe
117(15)
Lawrence M. Krauss
Glenn d. Starkman
Conclusion 132(3)
Index 135

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