In recent years an enormous amount of cosmological data has come from well known projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE). This book explains and makes sense of this vast array of new observational data in terms of its impact on current cosmological models. With new theories and a plethora of data feeding cosmology in the 1990s, Gregory Bothun sets about the task of re- assessing our cosmological models. He outlines exactly what the latest observations are, and how they should be seen as either consistent or in conflict with current cosmogenic scenarios. In this search for a reconciliation of current data with competing theory, he explains how Einstein's idea of a cosmological constant has now become a viable hypothesis. This authoritative text should be valuable to all those studying cosmological observations at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. Bothun draws a path through cosmology by defining a trajectory that is based on the data. This should also provide a framework for professional cosmologists and related readers in physics as it presents a solid observational foundation which either supports or conflicts with present theory. The book is illustrated including many CCD images of galaxies. Given the rapidly changing nature of the field, this book is supported by a World Wide Web site of supplementary material that is designed to readily update the material in the book.
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"Bothun has a clever way of introducing complex concepts... this is likely to make a very valuable contribution." -- Richard Ellis, Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
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excellent summary of modern cosmology,
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the writer provides and detailed yet concise discussion on the subject of modern cosmology. the path the writer leads you through is as he describes "following the data", a easy path to follow. i recommend this book for the professional and advanced lay person. one added benefit the author has thought of is a web site were you can get updated information. the author in doing this has created a dynamic book that will not be informationaly out of date for some time.
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An excellent follow on read for anyone who wants to test or compare theories of cosmology. The only book on cosmology I've read which fesses up to the biases introduced by observer error and sample selection. A must for undergraduates considering graduate school in astrophysics or astronomy.Two caveats that are applicable to almost all texts in the field: needed is a one- or two-page glossary at the end for all acronyms and repeated symbols; the author does not appear to be keeping the text's accompanying web-page up to date.
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A measure of the advancement of a particular civilization may well lie in its ability to provide comprehensible answers to fundamental questions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
local galaxy density, distance scale ladder, gravitational instability paradigm, surface brightness selection effects, relative distance modulus, parallax sample, extragalactic samples, deep galaxy counts, virialized structure, faint end slope, slice surveys, mass overdensity, calibrating galaxies, galactic calibration, diffuse galaxies, structure formation scenarios, structure formation models, mag arcsec, redshift space, central surface brightness, inflationary paradigm, galaxy distribution, peculiar velocity field, extragalactic distance indicators, cosmic velocity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Milky Way, Big Bang, Great Attractor, Great Wall, Hubble Space Telescope, New York, Physics Reports, United States, Las Campanas, Log Radius, Large Magellanic Cloud, Physical Review, Princeton University Press, Space Telescope Science Institute, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, University of Washington, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Earth-centered Universe, Marc Davis, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory New!
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- Modern Cosmological Observations and Problems by Gregory Bothun in Front Matter, page 80, and page 88
- The Early Universe (Frontiers in Physics) by Edward Kolb in Front Matter, page 24, and page 162
- Principles of Physical Cosmology by Phillip James Edwin Peebles in Front Matter, page 24, and page 287
- Galactic Dynamics (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) by James Binney in Front Matter, page 134, and page 221
- Voyage To The Great Attractor by Alan Dressler on page 122, and page 135
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- Common Errors in Statistics: (and How to Avoid Them) by Phillip I. Good in Back Matter
- The Tests of Time: Readings in the Development of Physical Theory by Lisa M. Dolling on page 684
- Neutrino Physics (Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation) by Kai Zuber in Back Matter
- Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them) by Phillip I. Good in Back Matter
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