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Physical Cosmology

Hardback

Main Details

Title Physical Cosmology
Authors and Contributors      By (author) P. J. E. Peebles
SeriesPrinceton Series in Physics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreCosmology and the universe
ISBN/Barcode 9780691646961
ClassificationsDewey:523.1
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of in

Author Biography

Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the author of Cosmology's Century, Principles of Physical Cosmology, and Quantum Mechanics (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.

Reviews

"James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"