The Universe Today

Our Current Understanding and How It Was Achieved

Carlos Martins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XV, 324 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-49631-9 (ISBN)

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Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions. The author shows how our present view gradually developed from observations, and also how the outcome of ongoing research may still change this view. The book brings together concepts in physics and astronomy, including some history in both cases. The text is descriptive rather than technical: the goal is to present things rigorously and without oversimplification, by highlighting the crucial physical concepts. The only prerequisite is a qualitative knowledge of basic physics concepts at high-school level.

Carlos Martins studied Physics and Applied Mathematics (specializing in Astronomy) at U. Porto and obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics at U.Cambridge. He mainly works on observational tests of early universe theories and is a member of several ESA and ESO scientific instruments. He is actively involved in education, teacher training and outreach activities. In 2012 he created the AstroCamp, an international academic excellence program in the astronomy and physics for high school students.

Introduction.- Classical Astronomy.- From the Renaissance to Modern Science.- Classical Physics.- The Physics of Relativity.- The Physics of Stars and Galaxies.- The Physics of the Universe.- New frontiers.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2020
Reihe/Serie	Astronomers' Universe
Zusatzinfo	XV, 324 p. 63 illus., 46 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Schlagworte	Big Bang model • Dark matter and dark energy • history of astronomy • modern cosmology • Observational cosmology • Particle cosmolgy • Physics of stars and galaxies • special and general relativity
ISBN-10	3-030-49631-7 / 3030496317
ISBN-13	978-3-030-49631-9 / 9783030496319
Zustand	Neuware