Introduction to Cosmology

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Introduction to Cosmology Fourth Edition Matts Roos ...

This edition first published 2015 © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Registered office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Sou ...

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Contents Preface to First Edition xi Preface to Second Edition xiii Preface to Third Edition xv ...

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1 From Newton to Hubble Preface to Fourth Edition xvii 1.1 Historical Cosmology 1.2 Inertial Frames and the Cosmological Princi ...

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Preface to First Edition A few decades ago, astronomy and particle physics started to merge in the common field of cosmology. Th ...

xii Preface to First Edition main ideas in cosmology without too much hand-waving. I have tried to avoid the other extreme, prac ...

Preface to Second Edition In the three years since the first edition of this book was finalized, the field of cos- mology has se ...

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Preface to Third Edition This preface can start just like the previous one: in the seven years since the second edition was fina ...

xvi Preface to Third Edition on large-scale structure results from the 2 degree Field (2dF) Galaxy Redshift Survey. The synopsis ...

Preface to Fourth Edition Just like the previous times I can state that the field of cosmology has seen so many important develo ...

xviii Preface to Fourth Edition necessary in order to make space for all the new matter. What has disappeared was standard parti ...