Physical Cosmology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691646961)

From the Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. Phillip James Edwin Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of investigation. Intended to bridge the chasm between classical textbooks on cosmology and modern developments, Physical Cosmology serves as a guide to current points of debate in a rapidly changing field.

Originally published in 1972.

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Author: P. J. E. Peebles
ISBN-10: 0691646961
ISBN-13: 9780691646961
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2016
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.69d