The Big Ideas in Cosmology: 17 chapters

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Author(s): SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
ISBN: 9781680751444
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2015
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Overview of
The Big Ideas in Cosmology: 17 chapters

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Table of Contents

Review of Mathematics

Chapter 1: Size and Scope

Chapter 2: Light

Chapter 3: Telescopes

Chapter 4: Moving through Space

Chapter 5: Moving through Time

Chapter 6: Measuring Cosmic Distances

Chapter 7: Classical Physics: Gravity and Energy

Chapter 8: Dark Matter

Chapter 9: Special Relativity

Chapter 10: General Relativity

Chapter 11: Black Holes

Chapter 12: Gravitational Lensing

Chapter 13: The Expansion of the Universe

Chapter 14: The Growth of Structure

Chapter 15: The Cosmic Microwave Background

Chapter 16: The Early Universe

Chapter 17: Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe