Introduction to Cosmology 3rd Edition
Author: by Matts Roos (Author)
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 3rd
Publication Date: 2003-12-12
Language: English
Print Length: 294 pages
ISBN-10: 0470849096
ISBN-13: 9780470849095
Book Description The Third Edition of the hugely successful Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions.
Extensively revised, this latest edition includes broader and updated coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing and waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation, large scale structure formation, and the ‘cosmological coincidence’problem.
Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.
Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena.
Latest observational results from the WMAP satellite and the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.
From the Inside Flap
The Third Edition of ‘Introduction to Cosmology’ provides an authoritative yet concise study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions. Extensively revised and updated, this latest edition includes up-to-date developments in the field and broader coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation and the ‘cosmological coincidence’ problem. An updated discussion on the Cosmic Microwave Backround includes polarization and presents the latest observational results from the WMAP Satellite together with the latest results on large scale structure formation from the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.
Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.
Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena
Invaluable for undergraduate students in Physics and Astronomy taking a first course in Cosmology.
From the Back Cover
The Third Edition of ‘Introduction to Cosmology’ provides an authoritative yet concise study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions. Extensively revised and updated, this latest edition includes up-to-date developments in the field and broader coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation and the ‘cosmological coincidence’ problem. An updated discussion on the Cosmic Microwave Backround includes polarization and presents the latest observational results from the WMAP Satellite together with the latest results on large scale structure formation from the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.
Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.
Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena
Invaluable for undergraduate students in Physics and Astronomy taking a first course in Cosmology.
About the Author
Matts Roos is Emeritus Professor in Particle Physics at the University of Helsinki, Physics Department, where he is still active in research and postgraduate teaching. Roos is a member of the Finnish Physical Society, honorary member of The Physical Society in Finland, and founding member of the Particle Data Group which produces the biannual compilation published as Review of Particle Physics. He is also a member of the International Astronomical Union, the Steering Committee of the COSMO conferences, and a honorary member of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Finnish Alumni Club.
