Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction

by Peter Coles

Overview

Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192854162
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/06/2001
Series:	Very Short Introductions , #51
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	635,338
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 4.46(h) x 0.37(d)
Lexile:	1240L (what's this?)

About the Author

Peter Coles is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham and author of Einstein and the Birth of Big Science and Stephen Hawking and the Mind of God. He has co-written two textbooks on cosmology, and over a hundred technical articles on various aspects of the Big Bang theory.

Table of Contents

1. A Brief History2. Einstein and All That3. The Big Bang4. In the Beginning5. Cosmology by Numbers6. What's the Matter? 7. The Emergence of Structure8. The Future1. A Brief History2. Einstein and All That3. The Big Bang4. In the Beginning5. Cosmology by Numbers6. What's the Matter? 7. The Emergence of Structure8. The Future