Cosmology's Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe

by P.J.E. Peebles

From Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. James E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today

Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying cosmos. Cosmology's Century is the story of how generations of scientists built on these thoughts and many new measurements to arrive at a well-tested physical theory of the structure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691196028
• ISBN13: 9780691196022
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"