Ryden, Barbara Sue.

Introduction to cosmology / Barbara Ryden. - San Francisco : Addison-Wesley, 2003 - ix, 244 p. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-237) and index.

1. Introduction
2. Fundamental observations
3. Newton versus einstein
4. Cosmic dynamics
5. Single component universes
6. Multiple component universes
7. Measuring cosmological parameters
8. Dark matter
9. The cosmic microwave background
10. Nucleosynthesis and the early universe
11. Inflation the the very early universe
12. The formation of structure


0805389121 (hardcover)


Cosmology.

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