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Author

Harrison, Edward Robert.

Title Cosmology : the science of the universe / Edward Harrison.

Imprint

Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2001, c2000.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	523.1 H245c 2001	---	Available

Edition	2nd ed., repr. (with corrections)
Description	x, 567 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1. What is cosmology? -- 2. Early scientific cosmology -- 3. Cartesian and Newtonian world systems -- 4. Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein -- 5. Stars -- 6. Galaxies -- 7. Location and the cosmic center -- 8. Containment and the cosmic edge -- 9. Space and time -- 10. Curved space -- 11. Special relativity -- 12. General relativity -- 13. Black holes -- 14. Expansion of the universe -- 15. Redshifts -- 16. Newtonian cosmology -- 17. The cosmic box -- 18. The many universes -- 19. Observational cosmology -- 20. The early universe -- 21. Horizons in the universe -- 22. Inflation -- 23. The cosmic numbers -- 24. Darkness at night -- 25. Creation of the universe -- 26. Life in the universe.
Subject	Cosmology.
ISBN	052166148X