Astronomy & Astrophysics
Subtitle: Recent Developments
Contributors: Jose P. S. Lemos (Editor); Ana M. Mourao (Editor); Luis Teodoro (Editor); Roberto Ugoccioni (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: January 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9789810246990
Subjects: Astrophysics; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Science; Solid State Physics; Astrophysics & Space Science
First sentence: The Cosmological Principle was first adopted when observational cosmology was in its infancy; it was then little more than a conjecture, embodying 'Occam's razor' for the simplest possible model.