Cosmology’s Century
Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe
by P. J. E. Peebles
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0691196028 | 437 Pages | PDF | 124 MB
by P. J. E. Peebles
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0691196028 | 437 Pages | PDF | 124 MB
Modern cosmology began a century ago with Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and his notion of a homogenous, philosophically satisfying cosmos. Cosmology's Century is the story of how generations of scientists built on these thoughts and many new measurements to arrive at a well-tested physical theory of the structure and evolution of our expanding universe.