Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Dedication
- 1 Some basic concepts and an overview of cosmology
- 2 Introduction to general relativity
- 3 The Robertson–Walker metric
- 4 The Friedmann models
- 5 The Hubble constant and the deceleration parameter
- 6 Models with a cosmological constant
- 7 Singularities in cosmology
- 8 The early universe
- 9 The very early universe and inflation
- 10 Quantum cosmology
- 11 The distant future of the universe
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Dedication
- 1 Some basic concepts and an overview of cosmology
- 2 Introduction to general relativity
- 3 The Robertson–Walker metric
- 4 The Friedmann models
- 5 The Hubble constant and the deceleration parameter
- 6 Models with a cosmological constant
- 7 Singularities in cosmology
- 8 The early universe
- 9 The very early universe and inflation
- 10 Quantum cosmology
- 11 The distant future of the universe
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology , pp. 247 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001