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Cosmology, the science of the universe

Title
Cosmology, the science of the universe / Edward R. Harrison.
Author
Harrison, Edward Robert.
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981.

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Description
xi, 430 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Subject
  • Cosmology
  • cosmology
  • 39.30 cosmology
  • Cosmology
  • Kosmologie
  • Kosmologie
  • ASTRONOMY
  • COSMOLOGY
  • UNIVERSE
  • Cosmologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
What is cosmology? -- Stars -- Galaxies -- Location and the cosmic center -- Containment and the cosmic edge -- Space and time -- Curved space -- General relativity -- Black holes -- Expansion -- Redshifts -- Darkness at night -- The universe in a nutshell -- Newtonian cosmology -- The many universes -- Theories of the universe -- The cosmic numbers -- The early universe -- Horizons in the universe -- Life in the universe.
ISBN
  • 0521229812
  • 9780521229814
  • 0521297591
  • 9780521297592
LCCN
  • 80018703
  • 3467246 3346756 +LCX
  • 3467246
OCLC
  • ocm06487500
  • 6487500
  • SCSB-25221
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library