| Reviews |
| - 'There is an embarrassment of books about the universe for the general reader, but few manage to pack so much, so elegantly, into such a compact space as this does. The book is generously illustrated.' - The Guardian 09/02/02/
- 'Coles takes you gently through everything from Blue Shift to parallel Universe in a thoroughly entertaining read' - TNT Magazine
- 'a pleasure to read' - New Scientist, 29/09/01
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| Description | | - Written in simple language, without mathematics
- Covers both the history of cosmology and the latest developments
- Explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative
- Peter Coles writes extremely well for a general readership: he is author of Einstein and the Total Eclipse and Hawking and the Mind of God, as well as textbooks on cosmology
| | This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. |
| Contents |
1.
A Brief History
2.
Einstein and All That
3.
The Big Bang
4.
In the Beginning
5.
Cosmology by Numbers
6.
What's the Matter?
7.
The Emergence of Structure
8.
The Future
1.
A Brief History
2.
Einstein and All That
3.
The Big Bang
4.
In the Beginning
5.
Cosmology by Numbers
6.
What's the Matter?
7.
The Emergence of Structure
8.
The Future
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Peter Coles, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Nottingham
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