252 Pages
by CRC Press

252 Pages
by Routledge

In this fascinating book, the reader is offered a selection of papers summarizing the unique contribution to modern cosmology of the Soviet school, led by the late Ya.B. Zeldovich. The first three articles in this selection introduce the general reader to the underlying theories of cosmology: the birth and expansion of the universe, matter and antimatter. The remaining five contributions are... Read more

Introduction, Part 1 Modern Cosmology, Why the Universe is Expanding; Matter and Antimatter in the Universe; Part 2 Cosmological Field Theory for Observational Astronomers; Spontaneous Creation of the Universe; Gravitational Waves in Cosmology: Sources and Detection, Intergalactic Gas in Clusters of Galaxies, the Microwave; Background, and Cosmology, Structure of the Universe

Biography

Ya B. Zeldovich