| Description |
xxi, 134 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Energy conservation -- Energy non-conservation means too much freedom -- The four interactions -- Matter, radiation, particles -- The dark night sky and Olbers' paradox -- General relativity and cosmology -- The Friedmann-Lemaitre solutions -- The role of radiation pressure -- The Einstein-Lemaitre correspondence -- The accelerating universe paradox -- The missing mass and dark energy paradoxes -- The photon-to-baryon ratio paradox -- The universe is finite, open and contingent -- The very early universe: indeterminacy or uncertainty -- Singular moments in cosmic history -- A brief outline: world events and cosmological discoveries from -4500 to 2010. |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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| ISBN |
9789814355117 (pbk.) |
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9814355119 (pbk.) |
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9789814355612 |
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9814355615 |
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