What are the current ideas describing the large-scale structure of the Universe? How do they relate to the observed facts? This book, first published in 2006, looks at both the strengths and weaknesses of the current big-bang model in explaining certain puzzling data. It arises from an international conference that brought together many of the world's leading players in cosmology. In addition to presenting individual talks, the proceedings of the resulting discussions are also recorded. Giving a comprehensive coverage of the expanding field of cosmology, this text will be valuable for graduate students and researchers in cosmology and theoretical astrophysics.
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What are the current ideas describing the large scale structure of the Universe? How do they relate to the observed facts? This book, first published in 2006, looks at both the strengths and weaknesses of the current big-bang model in explaining certain puzzling data.
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For a reader who is familiar with general topics of astrophysics such as red shift, gravitational lensing, quasi stellar objects and the presently accepted view of the universum ,"Current Issues in Cosmology" provides an excellent summary of the various underlying physical explanations. The collection of papers submitted during the conference at Collège de France in June 2004 is highly stimulating, because various alternate theories to the currently accepted Big Bang are explained. Although some mathematical formulas are part of the presentations, the narrative can be easily followed without digging into the technical details.
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abnormal redshifts, ubiquity principle, anomalous redshifts, concordance model, iron whiskers, metric fluctuations, standard cosmology, pinhole screen, peculiar velocity fields, galaxy distribution, solar apex, cyclic universe, fainter galaxies, peculiar velocities, redshift distribution, accelerating universe, cosmological parameters, redshift survey, galaxy survey, alternative cosmology, standard cosmological model, normal galaxies, redshift range, anthropic principle, field galaxies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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abnormal redshifts, ubiquity principle, anomalous redshifts, concordance model, iron whiskers, metric fluctuations, standard cosmology, pinhole screen, peculiar velocity fields, galaxy distribution, solar apex, cyclic universe, fainter galaxies, peculiar velocities, redshift distribution, accelerating universe, cosmological parameters, redshift survey, galaxy survey, alternative cosmology, standard cosmological model, normal galaxies, redshift range, anthropic principle, field galaxies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Lighter Side of Gravity by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar in Front Matter
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 251
- An Introduction to Cosmology by J. V. Narlikar in Front Matter
- Network Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Models (Optimization, Computation, and Control) by Dimitri P. Bertsekas on page 133
- Nearby Galaxies Catalog by R. Brent Tully on page 134
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