Cosmology for the Curious

by Alex Vilenkin and Delia Perlov

Book Overview

This book is a gentle introduction for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos. Our universe originated in a great explosion - the big bang. For nearly a century cosmologists have studied the aftermath of this explosion: how the universe expanded and cooled down, and how galaxies were gradually assembled by gravity. The nature of the bang itself has come into focus only relatively recently. It is the subject of the theory of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319570382
• ISBN13: 9783319570389
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"