Cosmology

by Michael Rowan-Robinson and Rowan Robinson

Book Overview

This book offers a completely up-to-date introduction to the exciting science of cosmology. It describes the very latest discoveries that have led astronomers and physicists ever closer to understanding the deepest secrets of the universe: its origin, evolution, and eventual fate. The author shows how today's technology has enabled scientists to exploit every clue hidden in the electromagnetic spectrum of radiating objects located at unimaginable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198518846
• ISBN13: 9780198518846
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent introduction

When I was teaching high-school physics, a group of motivated students asked me to teach them some astronomy and cosmology. So I taught them the basics of astronomy from a Dutch book, and chose Rowan-Robinson's book as the textbook for the cosmology part. I chose it because of its modest size and lenght, its relatively recent publication date and its accessibility. Nevertheless, trying to teach 17-year-olds about relativity and such is an ambitious task, and I had my doubts whether or not the book was up to it. It was. Apart from having to make various derivations more explicit, the book proved to be self-contained and was highly useful. Therefore I strongly recommend it to anybody who's interested in modern cosmology, but has had no prior exposure to it. This is a great book to learn from!