Physical Foundations Of Cosmology
by Viatcheslav Mukhanov /
2005 / English / PDF
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Inflationary cosmology has been developed over the last twenty
years to remedy serious shortcomings in the standard hot big bang
model of the universe. Taking an original approach, this textbook
explains the basis of modern cosmology and shows where the
theoretical results come from. The book is divided into two parts;
the first deals with the homogeneous and isotropic model of the
Universe, the second part discusses how inhomogeneities can explain
its structure. Established material such as the inflation and
quantum cosmological perturbation are presented in great detail.
Inflationary cosmology has been developed over the last twenty
years to remedy serious shortcomings in the standard hot big bang
model of the universe. Taking an original approach, this textbook
explains the basis of modern cosmology and shows where the
theoretical results come from. The book is divided into two parts;
the first deals with the homogeneous and isotropic model of the
Universe, the second part discusses how inhomogeneities can explain
its structure. Established material such as the inflation and
quantum cosmological perturbation are presented in great detail.