Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure

by Peter Coles, Francesco Lucchin

This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the this addition include:
An overall introduction to the book


Two new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves


Each part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book


Contains a table of physical constants


The addition of a consolidated bibilography

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Physics, Reference

512 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 1995