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Elementary cosmology
Title statement Elementary cosmology : from Aristotle's universe to the big bang and beyond / James J. Kolata. [elektronický zdroj] Publication San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015] Distribution Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2015] Phys.des. 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781681741000 (online) 9781681742281 mobi Edition [IOP release 2] IOP concise physics, ISSN 2053-2571 Note "Version: 20151101"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. The scientific method -- 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method -- 1.2. Some mathematics Content note 2. Early astronomy -- 3. Nebulae. 4. Cosmic distances -- 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder -- 4.2. Spiral nebulae : are they extragalactic? -- 4.3. The chemical composition of stars. 5. Space-time -- 5.1. The speed of light -- 5.2. The special theory of relativity -- 5.3. The general theory of relativity -- 5.4. Universal expansion. 6. The Big Bang -- 6.1. The structure and history of the Universe -- 6.2. The geometry of space-time -- 6.3. The father of the Big Bang -- 6.4. The creation of the element. 7. Cosmic microwave background radiation -- 7.1. The 'smoking gun' of the Big Bang -- 7.2. Decoupling -- 7.3. How bright is the CMB? -- 7.4. 'Matter dominated' versus 'radiation dominated' Universes -- 7.5. How uniform is the CMB?. 8. Dark matter -- 8.1. Dark matter defined -- 8.2. Non-baryonic dark matter. 9. The standard model of cosmology -- 9.1. Nucleosynthesis -- 9.2. The birth and death of stars -- 9.3. The size of the Universe. 10. The very early Big Bang -- 10.1. The four forces of nature -- 10.2. The quantum nature of forces -- 10.3. The unification of forces -- 10.4. The quark model -- 10.5. The leptons -- 10.6. The gluons -- 10.7. The standard model of high-energy physics -- 10.8. The history of the Universe : the early frames -- 10.9. Why matter rather than antimatter?. 11. Inflation -- 11.1. The horizon problem -- 11.2. The flatness problem -- -- 11.3. The smoothness problem -- 11.4. The magnetic monopole problem -- 11.5. Inflation -- 11.6. How inflation solves the Big Bang problems. 12. Dark energy -- 12.1. The curvature of space-time -- 12.2. The accelerating universal expansion -- 12.3. Dark energy and the CMB -- 12.4. Is there a signature of inflation in the CMB?. 13. Higher dimensions -- 13.1. Field theories -- 13.2. Kaluza-Klein theory -- 13.3. Compactification -- 13.4. QED -- 13.5. Quantization of the weak and strong forces -- 13.6. Early attempts at a quantum theory of gravity. 14. String theory -- 14.1. Particles and 'string' -- 14.2. M-theory -- 14.3. The multiverse. 15. Black holes and wormholes -- 15.1. The life of the Sun -- 15.2. The life of massive stars -- 15.3. Neutron stars -- 15.4. Black holes -- 15.5. Some properties of black holes -- 15.6. The thermodynamics of black holes -- 15.7. Hawking radiation -- 15.8. The singularity at the center of a black hole. 16. Reading list -- 17. Links to astronomy websites. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Audience Trade, Undergraduate, High School Physics. Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Another responsib. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Subj. Headings Cosmology. * SCIENCE / Cosmology. * Cosmology and the universe. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is traced from the early Greek philosophers to the most modern 21st century view. After a brief introduction to the concept of the scientific method, the first part of the book describes the way in which detailed observations of the Universe, first with the naked eye and later with increasingly complex modern instruments, ultimately led to the development of the "Big Bang" theory. The second part of the book traces the evolution of the Big Bang including the very recent observation that the expansion of the Universe is itself accelerating with time.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. The scientific method -- 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method -- 1.2. Some mathematics2. Early astronomy -- 3. Nebulae4. Cosmic distances -- 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder -- 4.2. Spiral nebulae : are they extragalactic? -- 4.3. The chemical composition of stars5. Space-time -- 5.1. The speed of light -- 5.2. The special theory of relativity -- 5.3. The general theory of relativity -- 5.4. Universal expansion6. The Big Bang -- 6.1. The structure and history of the Universe -- 6.2. The geometry of space-time -- 6.3. The father of the Big Bang -- 6.4. The creation of the element7. Cosmic microwave background radiation -- 7.1. The 'smoking gun' of the Big Bang -- 7.2. Decoupling -- 7.3. How bright is the CMB? -- 7.4. 'Matter dominated' versus 'radiation dominated' Universes -- 7.5. How uniform is the CMB?8. Dark matter -- 8.1. Dark matter defined -- 8.2. Non-baryonic dark matter9. The standard model of cosmology -- 9.1. Nucleosynthesis -- 9.2. The birth and death of stars -- 9.3. The size of the Universe10. The very early Big Bang -- 10.1. The four forces of nature -- 10.2. The quantum nature of forces -- 10.3. The unification of forces -- 10.4. The quark model -- 10.5. The leptons -- 10.6. The gluons -- 10.7. The standard model of high-energy physics -- 10.8. The history of the Universe : the early frames -- 10.9. Why matter rather than antimatter?11. Inflation -- 11.1. The horizon problem -- 11.2. The flatness problem -- -- 11.3. The smoothness problem -- 11.4. The magnetic monopole problem -- 11.5. Inflation -- 11.6. How inflation solves the Big Bang problems12. Dark energy -- 12.1. The curvature of space-time -- 12.2. The accelerating universal expansion -- 12.3. Dark energy and the CMB -- 12.4. Is there a signature of inflation in the CMB?13. Higher dimensions -- 13.1. Field theories -- 13.2. Kaluza-Klein theory -- 13.3. Compactification -- 13.4. QED -- 13.5. Quantization of the weak and strong forces -- 13.6. Early attempts at a quantum theory of gravity14. String theory -- 14.1. Particles and 'string' -- 14.2. M-theory -- 14.3. The multiverse15. Black holes and wormholes -- 15.1. The life of the Sun -- 15.2. The life of massive stars -- 15.3. Neutron stars -- 15.4. Black holes -- 15.5. Some properties of black holes -- 15.6. The thermodynamics of black holes -- 15.7. Hawking radiation -- 15.8. The singularity at the center of a black hole16. Reading list -- 17. Links to astronomy websites.
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