The History of the Universe
Published on 6. October 2015
XII, 120 pages
978-3-319-22744-3 (ISBN)
Description
David Lyth is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at Lancaster University. He has made several key advances in cosmology and was awarded the 2012 Hoyle medal by the Institute of Physics. Prof Lyth has written two cosmology textbooks with Andrew Liddle: "Cosmological Inflation and Large Scale Structure" (2000) and "The Primordial Density Perturbation" (2009).
Reviews / Votes
"This is an exceptionally good example of scientific writing in the short format, as exemplified by Jeans, Eddington, Hoyle, and Hawking. Armchair astronomers will surely like this book . . I recommend it to those in high school aspiring to study for degrees in physics and astronomy, as well as the instructors of their first-year courses. The book delivers a big boost for the power of physics to aid our understanding of the Universe." (Simon Mitton, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1255), December, 2016)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 120 p. 39 illus., 14 illus. in color.
File size
2,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-22744-3 (9783319227443)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22744-3
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Person
David Lyth is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at Lancaster University. He has made several key advances in cosmology and was awarded the 2012 Hoyle medal by the Institute of Physics. Prof Lyth has written two cosmology textbooks with Andrew Liddle: "Cosmological Inflation and Large Scale Structure" (2000) and "The Primordial Density Perturbation" (2009).
Content
The universe.- Before we begin.- The fundamental theories.- Atoms and electromagnetism.- The present universe.- Collisions and decays.- A first look at the history.- Energy density of the universe.- In the beginning.- Onward to the present.- The imperfect universe.- Ripples in the universe.- Formation of galaxies and clusters.- The Higgs field.- Inflation.- Generating the perturbations.- Prehistory of the Big Bang.- What about us?.
