A guide to the mysteries of the universe, written in everyday language so as to be accessible to the general reader. Explores the concepts of cosmology and its principles, using the analogy that the universe is like an enormous egg, with Earth and…
This book delivers a quantitative account of cosmology, designed for a nonspecialist audience. The author outlines basic principles using simple math and physics, but still provides rigorous models of the universe. He offers an ideal introduction to…
This book delivers a quantitative account of cosmology, designed for a non-specialist audience. The author outlines basic principles using simple math and physics, but still provides rigorous models of the universe. He offers an ideal introduction to…
Evidence for the birth of the universe is raining down on you. It's called the cosmic microwave background, and it's had quite a journey. Born in the stupendous annihilation of matter and antimatter seconds after the big bang, trapped in the…
Using an extremely accessible approach, the authors present a fascinating look at how cosmic structures, such as galaxies and clusters, began and evolved. After introducing readers to the simplest cosmological models and basic observational…
Don't say we didn't warn you: this book may well blow your mind. Of course, boggled brains are an occupational hazard in cosmology, the branch of astrophysics that studies the universe on its very largest scales. Practitioners of the field talk about…
From Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying…
With a foreword by the author of "Galileo's Daughter," this is an awe-inspiring, majestic account of the ultimate journey--a 13.7 billion-light-year voyage from our home planet to the edge of the universe and the beginning of time The magnificent…
Cosmos is een van de best verkochte wetenschappelijke boeken aller tijden. In helder proza onthult Sagan een juweelachtige blauwe wereld, bewoond door een levensvorm die net begint zijn eigen identiteit te ontdekken en zich te wagen in de…
When the author's first visit to the Creation appeared more than a decade ago, it caused an immediate storm, with reactions ranging from high admiration to contempt. Regarded as a classic, and widely quoted, it has continued to arouse interest. Here…