Cosmology category: 730 books
The Cyclic Universe
A Conversation with Sir Roger Penrose
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
In the last twenty years, cosmology has unexpectedly emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of modern science. From astoundingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background to the ongoing mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, modern cosmology is unquestionably in the...
Precision Cosmology
The First Half Million Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Cosmology seeks to characterise our Universe in terms of models based on well-understood and tested physics. Today we know our Universe with a precision that once would have been unthinkable. This book develops the entire mathematical, physical and statistical framework within which this has been...
Loop Quantum Gravity
The First 30 Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This volume presents a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in loop quantum gravity from the perspective of younger leading researchers. It takes the reader from the basics to recent advances, thereby bridging an important gap.
The aim is two-fold — to provide a contemporary introduction to the...
General Relativity 3: Astrophysics with Tensor Calculus
Advanced Topics
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
All of modern astrophysics and cosmology stands on the foundation of General Relativity that is best expressed in tensors.
This book, and its sequel, General Relativity 4: Astrophysics & Cosmology, present the clearest, most comprehensible, and most complete introduction to the tensor...
The B−L Phase Transition
Implications for Cosmology and Neutrinos
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Several of the very foundations of the cosmological standard model — the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matter, and the origin of the hot big bang itself — still call for an explanation from the perspective of fundamental physics. This work advocates one intriguing possibility for a consistent...
by Robert Piccioni
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
This book continues our exploration of cosmology, the science of the universe as a whole.
One of the most profound questions in cosmology is: Has our universe existed forever, or did it have a beginning? Philosophers, theologians, and scientists have argued both sides of this debate, for...
The Spiritual Science of the Stars
A Guide to the Architecture of the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
The profound influence of ancient cosmologies on our ideas about the human spirit
• Shows how ancient myths contain a sophisticated understanding of our relationship to the cosmos, derived from thousands of years of observation of the night sky
• Explains how ideas of the mind and...
Once Before Time
A Whole Story of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a cunning combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology...
The Big Bang Never Happened
A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
A mesmerizing challenge to orthodox cosmology with powerful implications not only for cosmology itself but also for our notions of time, God, and human nature -- with a new Preface addressing the latest developments in the field.
Far-ranging and provocative, The Big Bang Never Happened is more...
by Donald Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2005
Drawing on the current cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, Origins makes "the astonishing astronomical discoveries of recent years come alive (Michael D. Lemonick).
Origin's explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe—...
Mind Over Matter
Conversations with the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2004
“Ruminations on every scientific subject over the sun—and plenty beyond it”—from the bestselling author of The Universe and the Teacup (The Boston Globe).
A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer,...
by Nancy Ellen Abrams, Joel R. Primack
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Dark Energy
Theory and Observations
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Dark energy, the mysterious cause of the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the most important fields of research in astrophysics and cosmology today. Introducing the theoretical ideas, observational methods and results, this textbook is ideally suited to graduate courses on dark energy,...
Beyond the Galaxy
How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which...