Written by a world expert in observational cosmology, this is the only introductory text on cosmology aimed at an undergraduate level. This highly popular book has been revised and updated and is now in its third edition. The author shows how different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma-rays, have contributed to our picture of the universe. This new edition includes rival theories of the universe as well as the tests which they can be subjected and recent results of such tests. Another special feature of this edition is the updated list of twenty current controversies in cosmology today.;This book is intended for undergraduate courses in cosmology in astronomy or physics departments. Interested non-specialists
- ISBN10 0198518382
- ISBN13 9780198518389
- Publish Date 24 November 1977
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 November 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 172
- Language English