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Fred Watson |
Spacewarp: Colliding Comets and Other Cosmic Catastrophes |
E02044 |
2021 |
Book |
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John D. Barrow |
Constants of nature: From Alph to Omega |
026737 |
2003 |
Book |
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Serge Parnovsky |
How the universe works: Introduction to Modern Cosmology |
026587 |
2018 |
Book |
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Barbara Ryden |
Introduction to cosmology |
026375 |
2016 |
Book |
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
Welcome to the universe: The Problem Book |
026277 |
2017 |
Book |
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| 6 |
Bernard J. T. Jones |
Precision Cosmology: The First Half Million Years |
026384 |
2017 |
eBook |
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William Michael Irvine |
Local Irregularities in a Universe Satisfying the Cosmological Principle |
026369 |
1961 |
Book |
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David Lyth |
Cosmology for physicists |
026203 |
2017 |
Book |
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Belal E. Baaquie |
Exploring the invisible universe: From Black Holes to Superstrings |
025991 |
2015 |
Book |
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Pankaj S. Joshi |
Story of collapsing stars: Black Holes, Naked Singularities, and the Cosmic Play of Quantum Gravity |
025945 |
2015 |
Book |
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| Title | Constants of nature: From Alph to Omega |
| Author(s) | John D. Barrow |
| Publication | London, 1. Vintage Books
2. Vintage Books, London, 2003. |
| Description | 350p. |
| Abstract Note | The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They encode the deepest secrets of the Universe and express at once our greatest knowledge and our greatest ignorance about the cosmos. Their existence has taught us the profound truth that Nature abounds with unseen regularities. Yet, while we have become skilled at measuring the values of these constants, our frustrating inability to explain or predict their values shows how much we still have to learn about the inner workings of the Universe.
What is the ultimate status of these constants of Nature? Are they truly constant? Could life have evolved and persisted if they were even slightly different? And are there other Universes where they are different?
These are some of the issues that this book grapples with. It looks back to the discoveries of the first constants of Nature and the impact they had on scientists like Einstein. This book also tells the story of a tantalising new development in astronomy. For the first time astronomical observations are suggesting that some of the constants of Nature were different when the Universe was younger. So are our laws of Nature slowly changing? Is anything about our Universe immune from the ravages of time? Are there any constants of Nature at all? |
| ISBN,Price | 9780099286479 : Rs 475.00(PB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. CONSTANTS
2. COSMOLOGY
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| Title | How the universe works: Introduction to Modern Cosmology |
| Author(s) | Serge Parnovsky;Aleksei Parnowski |
| Publication | New Jersey, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2018. |
| Description | xxii, 163p. |
| Abstract Note | This book is about the history and the current state of the art in the exciting field of cosmology — the science about the Universe as a whole, which is guaranteed to attract the attention of a wide range of readers. It mostly aims to explain the main ideas of modern cosmology: the expanding Universe, its creation in a Big Bang, its evolution, characteristics, and structure, as well as issues — dark matter and dark energy, black holes and other exotic objects etc. It also answers most frequently asked questions about cosmology. |
| ISBN,Price | 9789813234949 : $ 58.00(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BIG BANG
2. BLACK HOLE
3. COSMOLOGY
4. DARK ENERGY
5. DARK MATTER
6. UNIVERSE
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| 026587 |
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| Title | Introduction to cosmology |
| Author(s) | Barbara Ryden |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xii,264p. |
| Abstract Note | his second edition of Introduction to Cosmology is an exciting update of an award-winning textbook. It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate students in physics and astronomy, but is also useful as a supplementary text at higher levels. It explains modern cosmological concepts, such as dark energy, in the context of the Big Bang theory. Its clear, lucid writing style, with a wealth of useful everyday analogies, makes it exceptionally engaging. Emphasis is placed on the links between theoretical concepts of cosmology and the observable properties of the universe, building deeper physical insights in the reader. The second edition includes recent observational results, fuller descriptions of special and general relativity, expanded discussions of dark energy, and a new chapter on baryonic matter that makes up stars and galaxies. It is an ideal textbook for the era of precision cosmology in the accelerating universe. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781107154834 : Rs. 2800.00(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BARYONIC MATTER
2. COSMOLOGY
3. DARK MATTER
4. GENERAL RELATIVITY
5. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
6. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
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| 026375 |
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524.8/RYD/026375 |
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DS13: Sourav Das |
01/May/2024 |
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| 026376 |
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524.8/RYD/026376 |
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RP02: Prathamesh Ratnaparkhi |
16/May/2024 |
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| Title | Welcome to the universe: The Problem Book |
| Author(s) | Neil DeGrasse Tyson;Michael A. Strauss;J. Richard Gott |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2017. |
| Description | xxv, 235p. |
| Abstract Note | Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all--from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel. Describing the latest discoveries in astrophysics, the informative and entertaining narrative propels you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space. How do stars live and die? Why did Pluto lose its planetary status? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and why is its expansion accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Answering these and many other questions, the authors open your eyes to the wonders of the cosmos, sharing their knowledge of how the universe works. Breathtaking in scope and stunningly illustrated throughout, Welcome to the Universe is for those who hunger for insights into our evolving universe that only world-class astrophysicists can provide. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691177816 : US $35.00(PB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BLACK HOLE
2. EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY
3. GALAXIES
4. NEWTON'S LAWS
5. PLANETARY SCIENCE
6. STARS
7. SUMMER PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS
8. SUMMER STUDENTS PROGRAM
9. UNIVERSE
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| Title | Precision Cosmology: The First Half Million Years |
| Author(s) | Bernard J. T. Jones |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
| Description | xv, 761p. |
| Abstract Note | Cosmology seeks to characterise our Universe in terms of models based on well-understood and tested physics. Today we know our Universe with a precision that once would have been unthinkable. This book develops the entire mathematical, physical and statistical framework within which this has been achieved. It tells the story of how we arrive at our profound conclusions, starting from the early twentieth century and following developments up to the latest data analysis of big astronomical datasets. It provides an enlightening description of the mathematical, physical and statistical basis for understanding and interpreting the results of key space- and ground-based data. Subjects covered include general relativity, cosmological models, the inhomogeneous Universe, physics of the cosmic background radiation, and methods and results of data analysis. Extensive online supplementary notes, exercises, teaching materials, and exercises in Python make this the perfect companion for researchers, teachers and students in physics, mathematics, and astrophysics. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780521554336 : US $ 215.00 (ebook)(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. NEWTONIAN COSMOLOGY
5. RELATIVISTIC COSMOLOGY
6. STATISTICAL ASTRONOMY
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| 026384 |
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| Title | Cosmology for physicists |
| Author(s) | David Lyth |
| Publication | Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2017. |
| Description | xi, 168p. |
| Series | (Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics) |
| Abstract Note | Written by an award-winning cosmologist, this brand new textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with coverage of the very latest developments in the observational science of cosmology. The book is separated into three parts; part I covers particle physics and general relativity, part II explores an account of the known history of the universe, and part III studies inflation. Full treatment of the origin of structure, scalar fields, the cosmic microwave background and the early universe are provided.
Problems are included in the book with solutions provided in a separate solutions manual. More advanced extension material is offered in the Appendix, ensuring the book is fully accessible to students with a wide variety of background experience. |
| ISBN,Price | 97814987555313 : UKP 49.99(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BIG BANG
2. COSMOLOGY
3. CURVED SPACETIME
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - TAYLOR AND FRANCIS
6. GENERAL RELATIVITY
7. PARTICLE PHYSICS
8. PERTURBATIONS
9. UNIVERSE
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| Title | Exploring the invisible universe: From Black Holes to Superstrings |
| Author(s) | Belal E. Baaquie;Frederick H. Willeboordse |
| Publication | New Jersey, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2015. |
| Description | xvi, 471p. |
| Abstract Note | Book covers the gamut of topics in advanced modern physics and provides extensive and well substantiated answers to these questions and many more. Discussed in a non-technical, yet also non-trivial manner, are topics dominated by invisible things - such as Black Holes and Superstrings as well as Fields, Gravitation, the Standard Model, Cosmology, Relativity, the Origin of Elements, Stars and Planetary Evolution, and more. Just giving the answer, as so many books do, is really not telling anything at all. To truly answer the "why" questions of nature, one needs to follow the chain of reasoning that scientists have used to come to the conclusions they have. This book does not shy away from difficult-to-explain topics by reducing them to one-line answers and power phrases suitable for a popular talk show. The explanations are rigorous and straight to the point. This book is rarely mathematical without being afraid, however, to use elementary mathematics when called for. In order to achieve this, a large number of detailed figures, specially developed for this book and found nowhere else, convey insights that otherwise might either be inaccessible or need lengthy and difficult-to-follow explanations. |
| ISBN,Price | 9789814618670 : US 45.00(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BLACK HOLE
2. COSMOLOGY
3. DARK UNIVERSE
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - WORLD SCIENTIFIC
6. ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
7. GRAVITATION
8. ORIGIN OF ELEMENTS
9. STANDARD MODEL
10. SUPERSTRINGS
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