3k: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

by R.B. Partridge

Book Overview

What processes fixed the designs etched on the cosmic background radiation (CBR)? And what can they tell us about the early Universe, and the origin and evolution of cosmic structure? This review covers all aspects of three decades of study of this ghostly remnant of the hot Big Bang origin of the Universe, and examines the consequences for astrophysics, cosmology and theories of the evolution of large-scale cosmic structure. The observational techniques...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521358086
• ISBN13: 9780521358088
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"