LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE by Phillip James Edwin Peebles ( 9780691082400 )

Item Details

Title:

LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

By:

Phillip James Edwin Peebles

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£88.00

Our price:

£70.40

Discount:

20% off

You save:

£17.60

ISBN 10:

0691082405

ISBN 13:

9780691082400

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 1980

Series:

Princeton Series in Physics

Pages:

440

Description:

Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. This work argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial state to a progressively irregular and clumpy universe. It also describes progress in the use of statistical measures of the clustering.

Synopsis:

Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range widely from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. P.J.E. Peebles argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial state to a progressively more irregular and clumpy universe. The discussion centers on the largest known structures, the clusters of galaxies, the empirical evidence of the nature of the clustering, and the theories of how the clustering evolves in an expanding universe. In Chapter One the author provides an historical introduction to the subject. Chapter Two contains a survey of methods used to deal with the Newtonian approximation to the theory of the evolution of the mass distribution. Recent progress in the use of statistical measures of the clustering is described in Chapter Three. Chapters Four and Five return to techniques for dealing with cosmic evolution, in the statistical measures of clustering and under general relativity theory. Lastly, in Chapter Six Professor Peebles assesses the progress in attempts to link theory and observation to arrive at a well established physical picture of the nature and evolution of the universe.

Publication:

Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ATOM OF THE UNIVERSE (HB)

COSMOLOGY''S CENTURY

COSMOLOGY''S CENTURY (HB)

LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

OBJECTS OF HIGH REDSHIFT (HB)

OBJECTS OF HIGH REDSHIFT (PB)