Steven Weinberg is really a great TITAN standing in the edge of new physics.
In April 2008, Steven's new book in cosmology which named briefly COSMOLOGY is printed by Oxford university press.
What a huge ,tremendous work,like his last decade Quantum field theory books ,this one is an encyclopedia too.
Weinberg claims that he tried to cover the most advanced research areas of cosmology up to 2007 also in the introduction he mentioned that after 1999 as he finished the QFT 3 volume work he had a plenty of time studying cosmology,he read the review articles but not satisfied with them,He drives all the cosmology by himself!!!
It starts from Accelerating universe to Gravitational microlensing,what a work!
Andrei Linde from Stanford declare:
"A monumental book written by a leading authority in particle physics and cosmology. Since publication of Weinberg's famous book Gravitation and Cosmology 35 years ago, there has been a real revolution both in cosmological theory and observations. A major effort of a great expert has been required to summarize the main developments in one book, and to make this presentation both highly accurate and accessible. This book will be greatly appreciated by a broad readership, ranging from students who just enter the field to experts in modern cosmology. It should be on the desk of every actively working cosmologist."
Robert Kirshner from Harvard
"This book tackles the main events of today's cosmology: cosmic acceleration observed with supernovae, the exquisite structure of the cosmic microwave background, and the evidence for dark matter. Weinberg pays close attention to the historical development and summarizes the observations with care. He brings deep knowledge of the underlying physics and weaves these threads together into a rich text that will be of great value to astronomers and physicists. The first half of this book is a wonderful introduction to cosmology, suitable for a graduate course or for someone coming into the field from a neighboring region of the scientific forest. The second half is an original development of the theory for the growth of inhomogeneities in the Universe. Everyone who works on cosmology will find something to learn in this book."
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Product Details
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 28, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198526822
ISBN-13: 978-0198526827
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.5 inches
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 28, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198526822
ISBN-13: 978-0198526827
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.5 inches
Anyhow today I start my journey through Weinbergs Cosmology!!!
2 comments:
Most excellent! I am working my way through it now, and it is a classic Weinberg, certainly: beautifully and clearly written, full of original derivations and tidbits of information not available anywhere else. A wonderful book.
One prblem with this book is that it does not have any problems which could have made it a good texbook for graduate students had it had any.
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