Relativistic Astrophysics, 2
Subtitle: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe
Contributors: Gary Steigman (Editor); Leslie Fishbone (Translator)
Edition: Rev Enl edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 1, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 751
ISBN-13: 9780226979571
Subjects: Astrophysics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Science; Cosmology; Gravitation; Relativistic astrophysics; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: The homogeneous, isotropic cosmological model represents an idealized picture of the Universe in which at any given instant of time: (a) at different spatial points all observable quantities are the same, and (b) at any spatial point all directions are equivalent.