03765nam a22005175i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001400172072001600186072002300202072001500225100008300240245008800323250001800411264007500429300006700504336002600571337002600597338003600623347002400659505037300683520155601056650002202612650001702634650002102651650003202672650003302704650002202737650004202759650004102801650006302842650003502905700008402940710003403024773002603058776003603084776003603120856004603156912001403202912001403216999001703230978-3-031-58757-3DE-He21320251030113126.0cr nn 008mamaa241004s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315875739978-3-031-58757-37 a10.1007/978-3-031-58757-32doi 4aQB980-991 7aPGK2bicssc 7aSCI0150002bisacsh 7aPGK2thema1 aPerlov, Delia.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98559310aCosmology for the Curioush[electronic resource] /cby Delia Perlov, Alex Vilenkin.  a2nd ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVII, 390 p. 208 illus., 64 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aA Historical Overview -- Newton’s Universe -- Special Relativity -- The Fabric of Space and Time -- An Expanding Universe -- Observational Cosmology -- Hubble’s Law and the Expanding Universe -- The Fate of the Universe -- Dark Matter and Dark Energy -- The Quantum World -- The Hot Big Bang -- Structure Formation -- Element Abundances -- The Very Early Universe.  aThis book is a gentle introduction for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos. Our universe originated in a great explosion – the big bang. For nearly a century cosmologists have studied the aftermath of this explosion: how the universe expanded and cooled down, and how galaxies were gradually assembled by gravity. The nature of the bang itself has come into focus only relatively recently. It is the subject of the theory of cosmic inflation, which was developed in the last few decades and has led to a radically new global view of the universe. Students and other interested readers will find here a non-technical but conceptually rigorous account of modern cosmological ideas - describing what we know, and how we know it. One of the book's central themes is the scientific quest to find answers to the ultimate cosmic questions: Is the universe finite or infinite? Has it existed forever? If not, when and how did it come into being? Will it ever end? The book is based on the undergraduate course taught by Alex Vilenkin at Tufts University. It assumes no prior knowledge of physics or mathematics beyond elementary high school math. The necessary physics background is introduced as it is required. Each chapter includes a list of questions and exercises of varying degree of difficulty. This new edition includes hints for answering the questions and exercises, as well as extensions to the discussions on dark matter, quantum cosmology. A new chapter summarizing the standard cosmological model has also been added. . 0aCosmology.976015 0aGravitation. 0aNuclear physics. 0aPhysicsxPhilosophy.970515 0aReligionxPhilosophy.96855314aCosmology.97601524aClassical and Quantum Gravity.96940924aNuclear and Particle Physics.96800224aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.97391824aPhilosophy of Religion.9685541 aVilenkin, Alex.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut9855942 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303158756608iPrinted edition:z978303158758040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58757-3  aZDB-2-PHA  aZDB-2-SXP  c63986d63986