Gravity's Lens: Views of the New Cosmology

by Nathan Cohen

Book Overview

A highly readable and entertaining guide to modern cosmology. Brings to life new discoveries in the farthest reaches of space, making astronomy accessible to the general reader. Discusses, in nontechnical language, cosmic strings, inflationary models of the early universe, the superstring theory, quasars, galactic streamers, superluminal jets, and gravitational lenses. Building from an historical perspective, the author describes exotic celestial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471632821
• ISBN13: 9780471632825
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.5"