FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COSMOLOGY

By J. JADAL

CONTENTS PART I HISTORY 1 IN THE BEGINNING 2 COSMOLOGY BECOMES A SCIENCE 3 NEWTON’S MACHINE PART II BACKGROUND 4 LIGHTING THE WORLDS 5 THE LIVES OF THE STARS PART III RELATIVITY 6 IN?NITE SPACE AND ABSOLUTE TIME 7 THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 8 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 9 BLACK HOLES PART IV THE BIG BANG 10 THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE 11 MODELING THE UNIVERSE 12 THE EARLY UNIVERSE 13 TESTING THE MODELS 14 A MESSAGE FROM THE BIG BANG PART V THE CONTINUING QUEST 15 DARK MATTER AND LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE 16 THE IN?ATIONARY UNIVERSE 17 THE EDGE OF TIME