The history of the universe
By: David H. Lyth
Series: Astronomers' universe; Astronomers' universe
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9783319227436
Subjects: Astronomy; Cosmology
Description: "This book gives an accessible account of the history of the Universe; not only what happened, but why it happened. An author of textbooks on the early Universe and inflation, David Lyth now explains both cosmology and the underlying physics to the general reader. The book includes a detailed account of the almost imperceptible structure in the early Universe, and its probable origin as a quantum fluctuation during an early epoch known as the epoch of inflation. It also explains how that early structure is visible now in the cosmic microwave radiation which is our main source of information about the early Universe, and how it gave rise to galaxies and stars."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The universe; title: Before we begin; title: The fundamental theories; title: Atoms and electromagnetism; title: The present universe; title: Collisions and decays; title: A first look at the history; title: Energy density of the universe; title: In the beginning; title: Onward to the present; title: The imperfect universe; title: Ripples in the universe; title: Formation of galaxies and clusters; title: The Higgs field; title: Inflation; title: Generating the perturbations; title: Prehistory of the Big Bang; title: What about us?. .