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Physical Cosmology
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Physical Cosmology
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) P. J. E. Peebles
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:300 | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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Category/Genre | Physics |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691620138
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Classifications | Dewey:523.1 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Man's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of in
Author Biography
Phillip James Edwin Peebles is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the author of Cosmology's Century, Principles of Physical Cosmology, and Quantum Mechanics (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
Reviews"James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"
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