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Introduction to cosmology
Responsibility | Jayant V. Narlikar |
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Material Type | Book |
Publisher | Boston : Jones and Bartlett |
Year | c1983 |
Language | English |
Size | xv, 470 p., 2 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm |
Abstract | The third edition of this successful textbook is fully updated and includes important recent developments in cosmology. It begins with an introduction to cosmology and general relativity, and goes on ...o cover the mathematical models of standard cosmology. The physical aspects of cosmology, including primordial nucleosynthesis, the astroparticle physics of inflation, and the current ideas on structure formation are discussed. Alternative models of cosmology are reviewed, including the model of Quasi-Steady State Cosmology, which has recently been proposed as an alternative to Big Bang Cosmology. show more |
Holdings
Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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【Out of order】SciTech Library ASRS | 440/N 52/1 | 1983 |
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068582191000100 |
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Bibliographic details
Notes | Bibliography: p. 441-462 Includes index |
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Authors | *Narlikar, Jayant Vishnu, 1938- |
Subjects | LCSH:Cosmology |
Classification | LCC:QB981 DC19:523.1 |
ID | 1000001617 |
ISBN | 0867200154 |
NCID | BA07826396 |
Vol | est. ; ISBN:0867200154 ; PRICE:$29.00 |
Created Date | 1991.12.11 |
Modified Date | 1996.03.07 |